Panasonic KXP-6500 Printer for $135 at buy.com

[GDB]

Deal of the day.

Panisonic KXP-6500 Laser printer for $135 at:

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Specs from the site are:

Max Resolution B&W ( Color ) - 600 x 2400 dpi
Output Type ? Monochrome
Max Speed - 6 pages/min
Printer Type ? Laser
System Requirements - Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows 3.x, Microsoft Windows 95
Memory / Flash Installed ( Max ) ? None
Warranty ? 1 year
Power - AC 110 V
Memory / RAM Installed ( Max ) - 512 KB ( 4.5 MB )
Processor ? 1
Dimensions (WxDxH) / Weight - 13.2 cm x 37.8 cm x 28.7 cm / approx 14.4 lbs
Form Factor - Desktop proprietary

366 left as of 1200 on 2/9/2001!

 

[yellowperil]

This is a great printer. I bought one when they were in the clearance section, used a $30/150 and got it for $151 shipped. At the 600 dpi setting, the text print quality is nearly indistinguishable from the newer HP's and NEC's. The toner costs 1/4 to 1/3 the cost of other monochrome lasers, but I've noticed it's getting harder to find them (probably discontinued). So stock up if you get this printer.

BTW, you can use a non-EDO 72-pin SIMM to upgrade the memory to 4.5MB. The one sold by Panasonic (claimed as being 'proprietary') is around $300.

 

[kriol]

Is it "generic" printer?

Could it be used with Linux?

thanks

 

[SchizoNerd]

what's the deal? it looks like it's going to be discontinued.
win2k is not supported. check it out.
Panasonic site

 

[Tangman]

Looks like a pretty good deal for personal use...but definitely not for long term use

 

[Freejack2]

Actually Windows 2000 has a built in driver for this printer. Not a bad deal at all.

 

[fwiffo]

the panasonic japan site has drivers dated July 19, 2000.

(canada, europe, japan)
http://www.kme.panasonic.co.jp/saga/english/printer/north/mlbp/p6500/p6500download.htm
http://www.kme.panasonic.co.jp/saga/english/printer/europe/mlbp/p6500/p6500download.htm
or
http://www.kme.panasonic.co.jp/saga/english/printer/asia/mlbp/p6500/p6500download.htm

just bought one. it's a pretty good deal, even if other places are only selling it for 10 bucks more (check pricegrabber).

---edit
it has laserjet emulation, so it should work in linux. (any tried?) also, anyone know of a good place to 1)stock up on toner / supplies and 2)get a 4mb stick of edo ram?

 

[SchizoNerd]

The description on pricegrabber says this:
KX-P6500 6PPM 600DPI LASER PAR HP-PCL4 512K 1200 DPI CLASS

"PCL4" usually means it's compatible with Linux.

 

[bambam]

oops

 

[bambam]

'Good to see the previous post that it uses std 72 pin EDO Simms since it only comes with 512K. Is 4.5 MB really the upper limit ?

 

[yellowperil]

Correction on that...it uses a fast-page mode SIMM, not EDO. I believe 4.5MB is the upper limit on it, I haven't tried putting anything higher. It still works fine with 512K (just takes longer to print .pdf files etc.).

 

[JD]

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