[ale] home network printer(s)

[Joshua Kite]

I've used a couple of different configurations.

One configuration consisted of a couple of printers (one an old HP Laserjet
5P and another an Epson all-in-one) connected to a linux box.  These were
shared via Samba.  I think Ubuntu made sharing them pretty easy, but I
always seem to go through some issues with Samba.

I'm currently using an older Xerox Tetronix 860DP which is a networked
printer, and it's working very well.  I got it through freecycle, but I saw
a similar model on Craigslist for cheap.  The ink's expensive, but the
prints are great and it's OS neutral.  Xerox releases Linux drivers on its
website, so installation was a breeze.

I'd the first choice is to figure out what you want in a printer.  If you go
for a non-networked one, then be sure it'll work in Linux first, but
connecting it to a Linux box to share shouldn't be too tough.

Good luck,

Josh Kite

On 2/15/07, Cy Kurtz <ckurtz11 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I think I want a network printer to serve my linux box and my two
> kids'(3rd yr college student and H.S. Soph) Win XP boxen.
>
> What network printer(s) are out there and working well?
>
> Do I need a network printer at all?
>
> What if I just buy a good robust printer for my linux box and allow the
> Win XP computers to use it?
>
> Is that really hard to do?
>
> Would I be better off buying three less expensive printers?
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Cy Kurtz
>
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