[GRLUG] Cheap laser printer

[Scott Zahn]

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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