[gentoo-user] Re: new printer : any thoughts ?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2013-12-11, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:
> My ancient printer's ink cartridge has finally dried up
> & the mobo in my regular computer accepts only USB.
> I don't do much printing, but occasionally need a few pages.
>
> The local store has an HP Deskjet 2510 on sale this week.
>
> Does anyone have thoughts or suggestions ?

Unless you want to print little other than photos on glossy paper, go
with a laser printer.  I bought an HP LaserJet 1200 about 13 years
ago. It still works as good as it did the first day I used it, and I
just had to buy my first toner cartridge last year (approx $100).

In the meantime, my parents have gone through at least 4 inkjet
printers and probably $1000 worth of ink cartridges (and the last time
I was there it looked like their latest inkjet was in its death
throes).

I've also had excellent experience with Brother laser printers.

Until a handful of years ago, I would have refused to buy a non
postscript printer, but in the past 5-10 years, CUPs and foomatic have
gotten pretty good at dealing with the other common printer languages.

But I still wouldn't take an inkjet printer if you gave it to me for
free.

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