[GRLUG] Cheap laser printer

[David Pembrook]

Was that a CRT or LCD display on that machine? I think I need a 
kill-a-watt. I've been shutting down secondary machines (wife's and 
kid's) lately but mine still runs 24/7. It would also be interesting to 
see the effect of AMD's cool and quite feature. Something to checkout at 
the next meeting maybe.

Scott Zahn wrote:
> Yeah, I bought a kill-a-watt from thinkgeek and was measuring the draw of everything in
> my house.  My LaserJet takes 800 watts when charging up to print.  I also found out that
> leaving a computer on all the time draws around 120 watts and costs ~$6.50/month.
>
> On Wed, August 9, 2006 09:36, David Pembrook wrote:
>   
>> 30 watts in standby??!!! I'm glad mine isn't turned on.. I've got a
>> spare jet direct card for one if anyone has need.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> Scott Zahn wrote:
>>     
>>> How is the energy usage?  My LaserJet 4 uses 30 watts in standby mode :(
>>> Also, post here the second you find out if your printer truly supports postscript.
>>> I've
>>> been looking for a laser printer for my dad's machine and this model might fit the
>>> bill.
>>>
>>> On Wed, August 9, 2006 02:01, Timothy Schmidt wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Szymon Machajewski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Thanks for the info.  I'll take a look at one.
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> No problem.  Hardware shopping with a long list of requirements can be
>>>> difficult, especially when low cost is one of them.  I spent about 2
>>>> days deciding on a printer model to replace my aging (built in 1985!) HP
>>>> Laserjet IIISi and somewhat less aged and less capable HP Laserjet 6MP.
>>>>
>>>> I've had the HL-2070N in my possession now for a few days. I've only
>>>> tested network printing using LPD queues over TCP/IP with the hl1250
>>>> driver at the highest supported resolution (1200x600 DPI).  The
>>>> combination works excellently, with essentially no setup (assigning an
>>>> IP to the printer, selecting the appropriate queue).  The printer claims
>>>> Postscript as well as PCL6 support as well, although I have yet to test it.
>>>>
>>>> I've got a small pages up at:
>>>> http://narrow-band.net/index.php/Brother_HL-2070N_Laser_Printer to keep
>>>> notes on the printer.  It's linked to from the linuxprinting.org entry
>>>> as well.
>>>>
>>>> So far, I'm really happy with it.  It's fast (although it doesn't seem
>>>> quite as fast as my IIISi - but it's really close).  The real-world
>>>> controls (4 LEDs and a single button) leave something to be desired, and
>>>> the web interface isn't the most intuitively constructed.  That said, it
>>>> has every feature I've ever needed in a laser printer and a whole lot
>>>> more (it can email error messages, groks mDNS, apparently has some
>>>> SNMP-ability, and a ton of tunable knobs like sleep time, etc).  It's a
>>>> great deal for the money.
>>>>
>>>> Let me know if you have any questions.
>>>>
>>>> --tim
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