Precisely the best solution. $40 gets you a Pi3 with a case and an SD card. — Ryan > On Mar 24, 2018, at 8:29 PM, Harry Penner <hpenner at gmail.com> wrote: > > Just put a raspberry pi running CUPS in front of it. That gives you a fairly easy way to support Google cloud printing, iOS printing, etc on your old bulletproof tank. That's how my LaserJet 4+ is set up. :) > > On Sat, Mar 24, 2018, 17:13 Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net <mailto:cncole at earthlink.net>> wrote: > My point is only that it ain't broke, and I have no need to replace it. Have a setup success that indicates it will work if called another model. > Mine, on standby, only draws a few watts, like a night light, wakes quickly on a print request, prints, and goes back to sleep in standby mode. > Not an energy hog for me, since I don't print often. > > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org>] On Behalf Of Ryan Coleman > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2018 3:03 PM > > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] OT? Android printer problem w/ HP 4050 > And… you’re point is? It’s tech that existed 5 years before smartphones were even an idea… > > They are great 600dpi printers. I love them. They’re energy hogs but not nearly as much as the LJIII I support at work. We have three of those. > > — > Ryan > >> On Mar 24, 2018, at 3:32 PM, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net <mailto:cncole at earthlink.net>> wrote: >> >> Reply: >> FYI The HP LaserJet 4050 series printers were made May-99 Nov-01. >> It's reliable, fast enough, enough memory, great B&W images, and it's >> economical to feed and house. Was cheap to buy coming off lease years ago. >> Seems to install on my cell phone as a newer family model that was made from >> Dec 2002 until discontinued in June 2005 but I haven't tested that yet... >> Will later today. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20180324/fa2b0e50/attachment.html>