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from Philip Webb: |
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> My ancient printer's ink cartridge has finally dried up |
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& the mobo in my regular computer accepts only USB. |
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I don't do much printing, but occasionally need a few pages. |
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The local store has an HP Deskjet 2510 on sale this week. |
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Does anyone have thoughts or suggestions ? |
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I lean toward Brother from what I hear and from my long-ago experience with |
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Brother AX-26 word-processing daisywheel typewriter. |
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My experience with HP LaserJet M1212nf MFP and their technical support is unfavorable. |
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Their tech support was offshored to India, and there was much difficulty in being understood, both ways, over the telephone. |
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I still haven't succeeded in setting it up. |
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Maybe the assumptions about file system structure are Linux-based and cause failure in NetBSD and FreeBSD. |
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Or maybe the printer is a turkey. |
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This caused me strong aversion to buying anything in the future from HP. |
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What other printer brands require a special package such as hplip for Linux and BSD? |
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Tom |