[windows2000] Re: HP printers and Windows Server 2003
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:57:11 +0200
Oki, huh? Would the Oki 6000-series roughly be the same thing as the Xerox
3600-series or HP Laserjet 4300-series in terms of speed and stuff?
I'm going to assume the Oki 6000-series are real network printers, not some
crappy disguised host-based/GDI junk, right?
Just checked the OKI B6250DN. Seems a likely candidate. Apparently it's got a
complete PCL/PS support, something that to me sings "no GDI". It's pretty
cheap as well. There's got to be a catch somewhere... 8-/
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/Sorin
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>bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Reese
>Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 4:39 PM
>To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [windows2000] Re: HP printers and Windows Server 2003
>
>I have had nothing but trouble with Xerox everywhere i have been in my
>career. 14
>years now, every place i have been with Xerox has had trouble. My last job
>was at a
>Hospital and we hada dedicated Xerox employee in house who's sole job was to
>run
>around fixing our Xerox printers and copiers. they jammed, they broke, parts
>always
>needed replacing and one actually caught fire. Users hated them and we spent
>a
>fortune on them.
>
>HP was always been the workhorse but my grief with them is that every time
>they
>change models (even withing the same "family") none of the supplies are
>compatible. then there are the driver issues everyone seems to have with
>them.
>they've had driver issues since the NT 4 days and they still have problems
>today.
>
>I generally buy Oki printers these days when I can. The units are usually
>cheaper to
>begin with. Supplies are usually cheaper too and they remain consistent
>among the
>same "family". So the 6000, 6100, 6200 all take the same toner and drum.
>Users
>also don't have to do some funky slide maneuver to change toner either. It
>lifts
>straight up and straight down. The drivers and firmware has never given me
>trouble
>either. We had them on our nurses stations and our nurses never managed to
>break them. Nurses can break anything.
>
>
>On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Looking for recommendations basically.
>
> We have a new HP Laserjet P2055DN that just won't play nice with our
> Win2k3-based printer server. After having searched the 'net and HP's
>support
> site for a couple of hours, I've now found that the reason for this is
> most
> likely HP's (host-based) Universal Printer Driver and the fact that the
>2055DN
> is a GDI-printer in disguise. In any case, it's just plain buggy and
> slow
>when
> connected to the network and the printer server.
>
> Connected over a usb-cable, it prints fast and nice, although it can't
>print
> single-sided documents for some reason, it prints duplex whatever
>setting I
> set... Flashed it to no avail... 8-/
>
> So, would you guys have any recommendations on what to buy, that is
>an
> honest-to-god real network printer like HP *used* to be five-six years
>ago?
>
> I've heard Xerox is supposedly pretty good and that they normally don't
>have
> this silly hidden host-based junk like most all HP have nowadays. But
>what
> model should I look into you think?
>
> Hints and recommendations appreciated! Thanks.
> --
> BW,
> Sorin
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