[CUBE] Printer thankyous

[Philip J. Robar]

On Saturday, May 10, 2003, at 08:26  AM, Christopher Hack wrote:

> it is interesting to note, however, that nobody really seemed
> convinced of a solid and affordable b&w laser which works out
> of the box with OSX and OS9. Rather sad news for us all if this
> is the beginning of a trend...
>
> Thanks again
>
> chris

Not sure what your definition of affordable is, but Samsung's low end 
laser printers are under $200, have received excellent reviews, and are 
supported on Mac OS X by both Samsung and Gimp-print. Brother also has 
native OS X support and has been praised numerous times on various 
Macintosh Guy lists.

I'm quite happy with my Samsung ML-1210. (Now discontinued, but 
purchased last year for $100 during a Fry's one day sale - normally 
$150 if I remember correctly.) I just purchased a discontinued Samsung 
ML-1430 for $100 after rebate and one day Fry's sale for a friend. It's 
going for ~$170, including shipping, at several places on the net. The 
$50 rebate is only good at Fry's Electronics, American TV, Datavision, 
J&R, and MicoCenter.

Brother's HL-1440 is going for $167 (refurb'd) to $194 (new) including 
shipping.

Phil