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Re: Printer needed

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On 2015-02-28 22:41:39 +0000, DaveC said:

> >> Need advice!!
>>> 
>>> Need an inexpensive laser printer that can do the occasional large job --
>>> couple hundred pages within a few hours -- without being overwhelmed or
>>> worse. Suggestions??
>>> mitchell
> 
> 
>> look at Brother laser printers‹I have one from 2006 which was recommended on
>> this site and is still chugging away after 70,000 copies‹Hank
> 
> 
> for mac users it is important to give some thought to driver availability. hp
> has some history of discontinuing drivers after the OS has been updated a few
> times. in my experience brother has released new drivers for old models
> regularly for new OS revisions when hp¹s solution was ³buy a new printer².
> 
> dave

I had an entirely different experience. We had bought a Brother laser 
printer from Costco, and it wouldn't print right, even after a number 
of attempts to get it working, including speaking with Brother 
Technical Support. We sent it back, and bought an HP 1020n laser 
printer in 2007 or so. We've never had a problem keeping its drivers up 
to date, and it works perfectly in Yosemite. Oddly enough, for a while 
we had a Lenovo laptop running Windows 7, and we couldn't get that 
driver to work. Finally tried a workaround I found on the HP forums, 
which worked, but we retired the laptop shortly thereafter, so now it 
isn't an issue.

We have had pretty good luck with Epson inkjets, and have an Epson 
all-in-one working now. Works well with all my Macs (3 of them) and 
with our iPad. 

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Re: Printer needed DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> - 2015-02-28 14:41 -0800
  Re: Printer needed Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-28 23:05 +0000
    Re: Printer needed Fester Bestertester <fbt@fbt.net> - 2015-02-28 21:50 -0800
      Re: Printer needed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-01 12:22 +0000
        Re: Printer needed dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-02 09:22 +1300
          Re: Printer needed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-01 20:29 +0000
          Re: Printer needed Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-01 23:36 +0000
    Re: Printer needed Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2015-03-02 15:09 -0500
      Re: Printer needed DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> - 2015-03-04 22:45 -0800
        Re: Printer needed Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2015-03-05 12:16 -0500
          Re: Printer needed DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> - 2015-03-05 11:45 -0800
            Re: Printer needed Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-06 13:39 +1300
              Re: Printer needed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-06 01:16 +0000
              Re: Printer needed Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-06 18:16 +1300
                Re: Printer needed "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-03-07 22:38 +0000
                Re: Printer needed Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-07 18:01 -0500
              Re: Printer needed Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2015-03-06 11:36 -0500
                Re: Printer needed Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-07 09:53 +1300
  Re: Printer needed Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-01 07:57 -0500
    Re: Printer needed jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-03-02 04:01 +1300
      Re: Printer needed sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-01 18:09 +0000
  Re: Printer needed Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-03-02 20:12 -0800
  Re: Printer needed David Fritzinger <email@domain.com> - 2015-03-03 08:37 -0500

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