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I have an old LaserJet 1320 sitting in the garage and like you, I use it very infrequently. Unfortunately, it's not wireless and I didn't want to run a network
by starik36 7y ago
I have an old LaserJet 1320 sitting in the garage and like you, I use it very infrequently.
Unfortunately, it's not wireless and I didn't want to run a network cable just for that. So I bought a Raspberry Pi Zero W, connected it to the printer via a USB cable, installed cups and some other packages and now I can print wirelessly from either desktop or mobile.
The printer has been very reliable.
- bborud 7y agoI agree. I have a very simple base model Laserjet that supports postscript. Regular black and white, the simplest possible model and no extra paper tray or anything that can go wrong. I've had mine for 15 years (replaced the toner cartridge once in that time), we bought roughly the same model at work 8 years ago (on my insistence). Both of them have worked flawlessly. (Meanwhile at work, the other teams bought huge, complex beasts with lots of features and they are regularly down, offline, broken etc. I think they are on the fourth or fifth iteration of fancy printers). Laserjet, simple, postscript, low price.
- yellowapple 7y agoI have two LaserJet 1320s.¹ Got 'em as e-waste from a hospital I worked at. They're handy. ¹: ...well, had. My grandpa's using them now (one in use, and the other for spare parts), since he needed a reliable printer for his book sales.