Recommend a Linux Printer

[SimpleSi]

in one of my schools I've a load of orig 700 EEEPCs runnng Linux and I've an HP2605N laser that does postscript and thats what they print to.

 

Could anyone recommend an alternative colour printer to replace it please as its prob not going to run for much longer.

 

I'd prefer if the printer was capable of being printed to direct from the EEEPCs as if I try and print via a W2k3 server - the pupils keep on being asked for a password and I've never managed to sort that out

 

(I don't run AD or LDAP or anything you see )

 

regards

 

Simon

[TopBanana]

The Hp Officejet 4500 MFP runs fine on Linux , see below

 

http://img.systemaxdev.com/productmedia/htmlimages/cten/hwp/hwp-Q/Q222571-front2.jpg

 

Specifications

Product Description HP OfficeJet 4500 All-in-One Printer

Printer Technology HP Thermal Inkjet

Functions Print, copy, scan, colour fax

Print speed black (draft, A4) Black: Up to 28 ppm

Colour: Up to 22 ppm

Print speed (laser comparable) Black: Up to 6 ppm

Colour: Up to 4 ppm

Print quality (best quality) Black: Up to 600 rendered dpi black

Colour: Up to 4800 x 1200 optimised dpi colour on selected HP photo papers and 1200 input dpi

Duty Cycle (monthly, A4) Up to 3000 pages

Processor speed 192 MHz

Standard memory 64 MB

Paper handling standard Input: 100-sheet input tray, 20-sheet automatic document feeder; 20-sheet output tray;

Output: 20-sheet output tray

Media sizes supported A4 (210 x 297 mm), A5 (148 x 210 mm), B5 JIS (182 x 257 mm), C6 (114 x 162 mm), DL (110 x 220 mm), 130 x 180 mm, 100 x 150 mm

Media types supported Paper (inkjet, photo, plain), envelopes, cards, transparencies, iron-on transfers, HP premium media

Media weight 70 to 280 g/m²

Standard connectivity USB 2.0; Ethernet 10/100Base-T

Compatible operating systems Windows® 7, x64; Windows Vista®, x64; Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional, XP Home; Mac OS X v10.4.x, v10.5, v10.6; Linux.

Dimensions (WxDxH) 433.5 x 401.5 x 216.7 mm

Weight 5.9 kg

Warranty Standard one-year limited hardware warranty

 

 

As far as cost goes best to contact your supplier:D