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From: Wols Lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Printer
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 17:54:10
Message-Id: 5A983E39.5000102@youngman.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Printer by Peter Humphrey
1 On 01/03/18 17:41, Peter Humphrey wrote:
2 > On Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:29:39 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 >> On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 15:10:58 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
4 >>>> For my birthday (!) my children want to offer me a multifunction
5 >>>> printer, copier.
6 >>>>
7 >>>> I ask you for an idea which one they could buy.
8 >>>
9 >>> I despise all inkjets, but maybe that's just me.
10 >>
11 >> It's not.
12 >
13 > +1
14
15 I agree ... (but see below)
16 >
17 >>> I'd pick mono laser over any inkjet.
18 >
19 > I had an inkjet but I didn't use it much, so every time I came to use it the
20 > jets were blocked. Eventually the condition was terminal. I now use only my
21 > trusty old Kyocera FS-1020D mono laser.
22 >
23 I think modern ink-jets are rather better.
24
25 The one we've got now seems okay - the very first one I've been any
26 where near happy with. It's not perfect, but the photos are better than
27 a laser, and my wife prints card which the laser printer chokes on.
28
29 Cheers,
30 Wol