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On Friday 21 Oct 2011 04:15:11 Dale wrote: |
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> Michael J. Barillier wrote: |
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> > I've wasted enough time beating on my current boat anchor of a printer |
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> > hoping it'll start working. linuxprinting.org is currently offline, so |
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> > in the meantime does anyone have a suggestion for an inexpensive printer |
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> > that is known to work with cupsd and Gentoo? |
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> I have always had good luck with HP. So far, all have worked fine. |
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> Heck, I even got one at Walmart real cheap once and it worked for |
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> several years. The ink is what gets me tho. $$$$$$$ |
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Yes, cheap printers have expensive ink (how else are the OEMs going to make |
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money)? |
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I recall reading a comparison study some time ago where different printers were |
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compared to each other at various price points. Expensive ink and |
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unnecessarily wasteful printing-head cleaning cycles were the two main causes |
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for not jumping on the first cheap printer on sale. |
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My experience with HP has also been trouble free. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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