[Leaplist] PostScript SMB Printer for CUPS? -- Dell 3100cn (best sub-$300 PS3 color laser)

[Jason Boxman]

Jason Boxman wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 March 2008 13:46, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
>> On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 11:26 -0400, Jason Boxman wrote:
>>> Does anyone have a favorite true PostScript based laser printer?
>>> I have a HP LaserJet 1100 now, but since it's not PostScript it can't
>>> handle PDF jobs, taking several minutes to print each page.  Mostly that
>>> seems to be an artifact of gs-esp taking forever to raster the job, but
>>> I can't throw a fast enough computer at the printer for it to be
>>> suitable for daily use.
> 
> For an inexplicable reason, the same printer now prints PDFs that used to take 
> 60 seconds or more, per page, on the original Windows XP system, at a rapid 
> pace.  I have come full circle.  I rather hate this printer.

Ah, the usual jobs that were slow still are, though.

> I could never reliably get CUPS to print jobs without the printer either 
> getting stuck on a page and never 'finishing' or not 'starting' the job or 
> producing a few lines of garbage every dozen or so pages.  It's always been 
> flawless under Windows.
> 
>> That's because the computer isn't the issue, it's the combination of
>> printer:
>> A.  Intelligence
>> B.  Language
>> C.  Memory
>> D.  Interface
>>
> <snip>
>> Which is why I always buy ...
>> - Postscript (Level 3 is commonplace now, although Level 2 is just fine)
>> - 24MiB minimum for mono, 192MiB minimum for color (A4/Letter)
>> - 100Mbit Ethernet (which is commonplace now)
> 
> I'll have to see what I can find.  I get the impression printer vendors like 
> to discontinue perfectly good models yearly.  Sigh.

It seems the Epson Stylus Photo 925 is able to print all these jobs 
without incident.  A photo capable printer is a bit beefier than an 
ancient b/w laserjet printer I guess.