English Amiga Board - View Single Post - Laser printers Amiga compatible. Suggestions please.

Photon · 06 March 2009, 18:15

I have a HP LaserJet 4ML, and it works fine. Avoid host based printers (also called Windows Printers here). They process the pages using the computer's CPU to make them cheaper with less electronics. Since there was no such thing* back then, they are unusable.

My advice would be to get a Postscript-supporting black & white laser printer that is common in small offices. The best buy would probably be an old but well-kept one, as you could get them for next to nothing and there would be no super modern Postscript version and / or skimping on full Postscript compatibility.

Choose a brand that made printers back when Amiga was used in small offices.

HP is a laser printer, while OKI is a led printer. OKI has lower power consumption and cheaper consumables. But I have an HP laser here that has been around since 1994 and still works perfectly. Whereas I've binned two OKI led printers from 1993 to now.

06 March 2009, 18:15	#17
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,627	I have a HP LaserJet 4ML, and it works fine. Avoid host based printers (also called Windows Printers here). They process the pages using the computer's CPU to make them cheaper with less electronics. Since there was no such thing* back then, they are unusable. My advice would be to get a Postscript-supporting black & white laser printer that is common in small offices. The best buy would probably be an old but well-kept one, as you could get them for next to nothing and there would be no super modern Postscript version and / or skimping on full Postscript compatibility. Choose a brand that made printers back when Amiga was used in small offices. HP is a laser printer, while OKI is a led printer. OKI has lower power consumption and cheaper consumables. But I have an HP laser here that has been around since 1994 and still works perfectly. Whereas I've binned two OKI led printers from 1993 to now.