We've had an HP inkjet printer for many years now, that has somehow survived despite paper jams and me threatening to end it's life Office Space style every time I have to buy a color ink cartridge for it. The poor thing finally gave up the ghost the other night while Tiffany was trying to print out some school work.
I have wanted a laser printer for some time, and now you can get a pretty good B&W one for under $200. So I dutifully searched the interweb, read reviews, and trolled the Mac forums for a decent home office laser printer. I found the Brother HL-2070, a networked B&W laser printer with good reviews and excellent Mac OS X support. This baby holds a ream of paper, spits out 20 ppm, and goes through 2,500 sheets before needing a new toner cartridge. <Manly>Grunt, Grunt, Grunt</Manly>
Here is my experience:
- unboxed the printer
- plugged it into the wall
- hit button to print a test page
- plug in ethernet cable to printer and router
- Tiffany goes to add the printer in OS X, it shows up automagically
- Tiffany prints homework
Seriously, where is the pain and hardship? Where is the all night fight finding drivers and plugging/unplugging? I am leery. Just too easy.
