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ML-1740 is a friend of Tux - Laser printer built to last and designed to function with Linux

21 February, 2007 18:44

I have had this printer for more than two years - a Samsung ML-1740.  It is over due for a word or two.

I do not print many documents, not many at all.  On average I will use it two or three times a week, if that.  However, when I bought the machine, I was still in school and was printing about two to five pages per day, for about two semesters.  Why am I telling you this crap?  The reason, my friend, is I have not had to replace the toner cartridge as of yet.

The unit comes with a starter toner cartridge that can handle, I am guessing, around 1000 pages.  In the lifetime of this printer, it has spewed out 774 pages mixed with graphics and text.

I use Ubuntu on my home desktop, and the printer was as easy to setup as clicking on a couple icons.  When I first purchased this beast, I was using SuSe, and remember having to use an older printer driver for this series.  Current drivers were on the installation disk, but it was not in need.

The ML-1740 can push out the prints as fast as you can grab and organize them.  

There is a "toner save" feature, which admittedly, is what has given me black throughout the last couple years.  

It can print up to letter legal.  It offers parallel and USB connectivity, and is quite when in standby.  That sums up my last thoughts.  I love you.

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Main Entry: spew
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spIwan; akin to Old High German spIwan to spit, Latin spuere, Greek ptyein intransitive verb
1 : VOMIT
2 : to come forth in a flood or gush
3 : to ooze out as if under pressure : EXUDE transitive verb
1 : VOMIT
2 : to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity -- often used with out - spew-er noun
-- Merriam-Webster

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