[geeks] personal laser printer

Thu Dec 15 16:59:55 CST 2005

On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 16:10, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> I am looking for a decent personal laser printer.
> 
> It must work with UNIX of course.
> 
> I see a lot of them which say the text is excellent but the graphics are 
> not, like the HP 1160, the Samsung 20xx, and so on.
> 
> Does anyone here have one of the personal laser printers, who can 
> comment on exactly what "mediocre graphics" really means?

If you can find a used HP LaserJet 5L or 6L, that might be a very sane choice.  They are quiet, compact, and low-power.  They are PCL-only, IIRC, so you would need to run one of the filters that converts text and PS into PCL.

--Patrick