[ale] looking for a reasonably priced color laser printer

[Michael B. Trausch]

On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 11:04 -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On 01/19/2011 10:37 AM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> > However, Lexmark laser printers are typically wonderful, IME.  They
> > nearly universally support PostScript, and the ones that do not
> support
> > PostScript at least support PCL 5 or PCL 6 (aka PCL-XL).  The one
> that I
> > have (an E250dn) is networked and supports duplexing.  The one that
> I
> > had previously (an E240) was not networked, and did not support
> > duplexing, and did not support PostScript (just PCL).  It was
> wonderful,
> > too, but I got this new one for the ability to print on both sides
> of
> > the page.
> > 
> I see where the Samsung-CLP-315W uses:
> Print language: SPL-C
> 
> is that the same/similar/works_just_like PCL?? 

SPL is the Samsung Printer Language.  I know nothing about it, other
than the fact that it is found on Samsung printers.

There are many, many page description languages.  That is part of the
problem.  The only two PDLs that are universal (as far as I am aware)
are PostScript (from Adobe) and the PCL family (which comes from HP).

I think it was Jim Kinney that said that there is a suite of printers
from Brother that uses a PostScript compatible PDL (that isn't called
PostScript), but again:  I am lazy.  If it doesn't say PostScript or
PCL, I don't want it, and I won't spend money on it because I would
rather spend a little bit more money if necessary to know that I won't
have to poke and prod and hunt to make my printer work.  I just want the
thing to work, and forget about it.  That's all.

The current printer I have is going on three years old, and I spent $180
for it, and I've spent $120 in cartridges for it since I bought it.  I'm
still printing on the second cartridge and expect that it will last
another six months to a year.  It's already printed nearly 4,000 pages.

	--- Mike
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