[GRLUG] Cheap laser printer

[Scott Zahn]

The box i measured was headless.  It was a 1.4Ghz Athlon with a GF2 video card that's
hooked up to my TV.  Kill-a-watts are handy for getting some insight into one's
electricity usage.

On Wed, August 9, 2006 10:14, David Pembrook wrote:
> 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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