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Color Printing Without the Inkjet Mess?

Above writes "Many recent /. stories have been about the problems of inkjet Printers. Seems they all want to sell the printer for cheap, and then use the ink to make up the difference. There are also problems where a lack of printing, or printing too much, could make it much more expensive to use your inkjet. So, since mine just died, what are the best options? I'm intersted in two catagories, a 'personal' color printer, probably USB to a machine, and a 'workgroup' color printer, with ethernet, postscript prefered. While Windows is good for my application, something that plays well with FreeBSD and Linux would be a major win as well. I'd consider laser if it's cheap enough (read $500/printer), and I don't think that it is. I'm willing to pay a bit more for the printer if that means bigger ink tanks, better cleaning, and easier to buy replacement supplies, the question is, are there really good options out there or have the low-end 'throwaway' printers taken over the market?" One option is a modded inkjet like the ones here, liberated from tiny ink cartridges. Any recommendations out there for decent color lasers?

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  1. fp for william scott lockwood!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. Re:Canon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what exactly does your friend print, if he runs out of "Yellow" ink so often?

    Could it be photos from this place?

  4. Re:circumvention of WHAT? by autopr0n · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The code that decides whether or not the cartrige is empty is COPYWRITED. It is also protected by a chip with a lame little encryption. The copywrite protection device does not have to be GOOD or EFFECTIVE, just present. Trying to bypass it is illegal. Comprende?

    Shit, you can't even spell copyright and you expect people to take you seriously? Normally I don't care that much about spelling but using the term copywrite rather then copyright simply shows a substantial ignorance about what exactly copyrights are and do.

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  5. Laser Toner by docolczyk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    On a related topic, I have a Lexmark Optra E312
    laser printer. With the economy being what it is I don't want to buy new cartridges.

    I've noticed that the carts open up by unscrewing.
    So I would like to replace the actual powder toner.
    OK I know that refilling the cartridges this way
    ruins the cartridge faster then taking it to a pro, but considering that I have three cartridges now, and they last about nine months, I'm willing to let them get ruined after the third or fourth refill. I figure by the time I run out, it will
    be time to get a new printer anyway.

    The thing is that I don't know how to identify the brand of powder toner, or where I can buy some.

    Any advice?