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On 12/10/2013 06:01 PM, Philip Webb wrote: |
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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 got tired of dried out cartridges years ago, and bought a Dell colour |
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laser. It was humongous, I got rid of it last year. Then about two |
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months later I went to print something and went "Oh, yeah..." |
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I found a HP colour laserjet on sale for $145 (it was actually cheaper |
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than the entry level HP B&W lasers at the time) and hooked it up using |
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hplip. That's probably a lot more than an inkjet, but if it costs you |
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$50 a page due to dried ink, a couple of times pays for a laser. |
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http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/laserjet/hp_laserjet_cp1025.html |
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At least I don't have to worry about cartridges drying up, and this |
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printer is a LOT smaller than the one I had. |
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As a bonus, I found out KitKat can print to this printer using the |
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included HP drivers, if that's an issue for you. Was weird printing a |
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recipe from my phone! |
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Dan |
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