spankers
09-12-2005, 07:04 PM
After moving to Seattle this month I felt the need for a new printer. I'd been using a Xerox DocuPrint P1202 for the last four years and didn't feel like lugging it cross-country. It was a good printer but the toner was way too expensive.
After looking around I found a good deal on a Samsung CLP-510 (http://product.samsung.com/cgi-bin/nabc/product/b2c_product_detail.jsp?eUser=&prod_id=CLP-510%2fXAA).
Here's the Designtechnica review (http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review2892.html).
http://product.samsung.com/SamsungUSA/PRODUCT/20050120/b2c_l_clp510.jpg
Fry's online (http://www.outpost.com/) store had it listed for $250 (after mail in rebate). I talked the Seattle Fry's into meeting the online price, and voila!, I had a 80 pound box to lug up the stairs into our new pad. Don't buy this printer if you're looking for something small and inconspicuous (although it is smaller than earlier color laser printers).
The good news is, it works with Debian Linux. The bad news is the driver is closed source and the install was EXTREMELY clunky. It took me the best part of eight hours to get CUPS (http://www.cups.org/) to work with the Samsung provided printer driver.
From what I've seen the performance is decent for black & white and OK for color. I need to pick up some good photo paper and give that a try.
Bang for the buck is GREAT though. $250.00 for a Color Laser? Unbelievable!
I'll post more as time goes on and I have a better feel for how this printer works with graphics, pictures, formatted text (multi-column, etc.), and duplexing under Linux.
After looking around I found a good deal on a Samsung CLP-510 (http://product.samsung.com/cgi-bin/nabc/product/b2c_product_detail.jsp?eUser=&prod_id=CLP-510%2fXAA).
Here's the Designtechnica review (http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review2892.html).
http://product.samsung.com/SamsungUSA/PRODUCT/20050120/b2c_l_clp510.jpg
Fry's online (http://www.outpost.com/) store had it listed for $250 (after mail in rebate). I talked the Seattle Fry's into meeting the online price, and voila!, I had a 80 pound box to lug up the stairs into our new pad. Don't buy this printer if you're looking for something small and inconspicuous (although it is smaller than earlier color laser printers).
The good news is, it works with Debian Linux. The bad news is the driver is closed source and the install was EXTREMELY clunky. It took me the best part of eight hours to get CUPS (http://www.cups.org/) to work with the Samsung provided printer driver.
From what I've seen the performance is decent for black & white and OK for color. I need to pick up some good photo paper and give that a try.
Bang for the buck is GREAT though. $250.00 for a Color Laser? Unbelievable!
I'll post more as time goes on and I have a better feel for how this printer works with graphics, pictures, formatted text (multi-column, etc.), and duplexing under Linux.