I use a Brother HL-1270N Laser printer, myself, and am *very* happy
with it.  It is postscript and TCP/IP ready, so it works "out of the
box" on any reasonable Linux and Windows.  I don't remember offhand
how much I paid.. but it was definitely under $500.

Trent Shipley wrote:
> I don't think there is a 'turnkey' machine that is low cost for both *NIX
> and Windows.  To get turnkey functionality it has to be PostScript ready and
> they start at more than $600.
> 
> However, in theory Linux can print to any machine that uses HP's house
> protocol.  However, SAMBA should be able to share a printer on *NIX to
> Windows and *NIX machines and printers on Windows machines to *NIX and
> Windows machines.  Unfortunately, as far as I know SAMBA still requires a
> print server.  You can't get direct access with HP's direct-to-network
> solution.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Phillips [mailto:phillips@usa.net]
> > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 10:00 AM
> > To: Arizona Internet Professionals Association (E-mail); Aztechlist
> > (E-mail)
> > Subject: [aztechlist] Looking for Laser Printer Recommendations
> >
> >
> > I am looking for a laser printer that will work (e.g. allow document
> > printing from any machine) in the following environment:
> >
> > * Peer to peer TCP/IP network
> > * Win 95, 98, 2000 Professional, and Linux (RH 7.0) machines on
> > the network
> > * Low cost (this is for home use)
> > * Preferably not an hp printer ......;) (see below)
> >
> > I have an HP LaserJet 3100 that HP will not support in a heterogeneous
> > network environment such as mine. According to HP,
> > home and small business printing applications do not need networking
> > capabilities. Home and small offices do not have
> > networks installed! It is also not compatible with HP's print
> > server product
> > (Jet Direct?).
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > P.S. Anyone want to buy a used HP 3100 (fax, printing, and scanning all in
> > one)?
> >
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