Brother HL-1440 Laser Question

[Tom Jandl]

On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 21:47, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Monday 13 January 2003 22:47 pm, Tom Jandl wrote:
> > I am fed up with the high cost of inkjet printing and am considering a
> > Brother HL-1440 laser for home office use. Brand new for $200
> > including enough toner for 3000 pages. Probably less than the cost of
> > black ink for 3000 pages on my Lexmark Z53.   The linuxprinting.org
> > site shows the HL-1440 as working perfectly with Linux.
> > Has anyone used one of these beasts? Or should I purchase a used HP
> > Laserjet? Any pro/con thoughts appreciated.
> 
> Personally I'd look for a rebuilt HPIII or an HP printer of that 
> capacity.  HP4Plus  HP4M.
> 
> They're built like tanks and there are no compatibility problems.
> 
> Just my $.02.
> 
> 
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> + Bruce S. Marshall  bmarsh at bmarsh.com  Bellaire, MI         01/13/03 
> 22:45  +
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> "The coward regards himself as cautious; the miser, as thrifty." - 
> Publilius
>   Syrus

Thanks everyone for the words of wisdom. I have a used HP 6MP
(Postscript!) laser on the way from eBay for about the same price as the
Brother HL-1440. And the toner is waaay cheaper!

Tom