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Originally Posted by Photon
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.  |
HP Laserjet 4ML is like the HP Laserjet 1100 I had. Both have the parallel port but don't have an USB port. To share the printer with PC / Amiga on the same desk you should plug/unplug the parallel cable. I don't like it and recent notebooks and many desktop PC unfortunately don't have the parallel port, but only USB (like many WinPrinters
).
OKI B4400 is a modern NO HOST BASED printer with both ports at cheap price and high printing speed (26 PPM). Although it's designed for professional use (up to 30000 Pages/Months), I hope to have the luck it will live many many years in my low home use
. In the mean time I find satisfactory to use a modern printer with Amiga at over 20 pages/minute.