Re: Printer

Jim - Printers are offered on Saskatoon Freecycle
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Saskatoon_Freecycle/ ) surprisingly
frequently. Of course, a lot of them are old and/or only
semi-functional, I suspect, and only a subset will be Linux-friendly,
but it may be worth joining up.
Mark

jimw wagner wrote:

> Scott Walde wrote:
>
>> jimw wagner wrote:
>>
>>> Our printer, after many years of hard use, seems to be pining for
>>> the fjords.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have a printer that they'd be willing to sell for a
>>> reasonable price, until we can afford something new?
>>
>>
>> I saw a Konica Minolta 1400W in the last Future Shop flyer for, IIRC,
>> $69. This is a "Windows Only" laser printer. I got my 1350W working
>> just fine with Debian. (Use the min12xxw driver.)
>>
>>> Something that can be convinced to work with Ubuntu without too much
>>> blood, toil, tears, and sweat, would be preferred.
>>
>>
>> It might involve a little bit of blood, but if you're in the habit of
>> printing lots of B&W, IMHO, laser is the way to go.
>>
>
> My own printing is predominantly b&w, but Lila does sometimes use colour.
>
> Thanks
>
> JimW
Received on Thu Jul 20 11:00:32 2006