From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RHtUD-000629-TL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:32:54 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DAD8A21C095; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:32:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B069821C08C for ; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:31:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.214.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RHtSR-000wEQ-Un for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:31:04 +0700 Received: by bke11 with SMTP id 11so8359047bke.40 for ; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:30:58 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.75.25 with SMTP id w25mr37173330faj.15.1319358658563; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:30:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.79.10 with HTTP; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:30:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.79.10 with HTTP; Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:30:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4EA35858.90408@gmail.com> References: <878voffal1.fsf@blackwolfinfosys.net> <4EA35858.90408@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:30:58 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended printer? From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174c17742cceb004aff32023 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 6091aff4162490a8653a282d600a595c --0015174c17742cceb004aff32023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Oct 23, 2011 6:59 AM, "Dale" wrote: > > Grant wrote: >>> >>> Cheapest laser you can find at Office Depot tends to be a Brother. I've got >>> two...an HL-2040 and an HL-2140. Both work perfectly with CUPS. >> >> +1. Every Brother laser printer I've tried works perfectly. I don't >> even bother with linuxprinting.org any more. When I wear one laser >> printer out, I just buy the latest Brother. >> >> - Grant >> >> > > I used to work for a computer place and we sold and serviced Brother stuff. They were well made back then. I haven't used one in a long while but it sounds like they still make good stuff. I always liked that they had metal gears and stuff when everyone else had went to plastic. Epsons were good at going with plastic, even on their higher end stuff. They would strip out regular too. Get a good paper jam, you need a set of gears. > > My fav was the Genicom line printer tho. We had several 4440s and they were blazingly fast. A case of paper was like pouring water out of a jug. o_O > Although some metal gears have given way to plastic stuffs, I can still vouch for their reliability. My office had one, and it's generally abused, yet it still chugs along merrily. Truly gave my boss a mid-life crisis: He's a champion of a two-letter brand, and his worldview came crashing to the ground when the Brother proved itself to be more reliable than his preferred brand ;-) Rgds, --0015174c17742cceb004aff32023 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Oct 23, 2011 6:59 AM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Grant wrote:
>>>
>>> Cheapest laser you can find at Office Depot tends to be a Brot= her. =C2=A0I've got
>>> two...an HL-2040 and an HL-2140. Both work perfectly with CUPS= .
>>
>> +1. =C2=A0Every Brother laser printer I've tried works perfect= ly. =C2=A0I don't
>> even bother with linuxprintin= g.org any more. =C2=A0When I wear one laser
>> printer out, I just buy the latest Brother.
>>
>> - Grant
>>
>>
>
> I used to work for a computer place and we sold and serviced Brother s= tuff. =C2=A0They were well made back then. =C2=A0I haven't used one in = a long while but it sounds like they still make good stuff. =C2=A0I always = liked that they had metal gears and stuff when everyone else had went to pl= astic. =C2=A0Epsons were good at going with plastic, even on their higher e= nd stuff. =C2=A0They would strip out regular too. Get a good paper jam, you= need a set of gears.
>
> My fav was the Genicom line printer tho. =C2=A0We had several 4440s an= d they were blazingly fast. =C2=A0A case of paper was like pouring water ou= t of a jug. =C2=A0o_O
>

Although some metal gears have given way to plastic stuffs, I can still = vouch for their reliability. My office had one, and it's generally abus= ed, yet it still chugs along merrily.

Truly gave my boss a mid-life crisis: He's a champion of a two-lette= r brand, and his worldview came crashing to the ground when the Brother pro= ved itself to be more reliable than his preferred brand ;-)

Rgds,

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