[windows2000] Re: HP printers and Windows Server 2003
- From: Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:27:27 -0500
looks like the B410 has the same 30PPM as the 6250 but with a slower
processor and a lot less cost.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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-/
>
> --
> /Sorin
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-
> >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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