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On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:52 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Dominic Kexel wrote: |
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>> That's right, i totaly agree. If you buy a HP-printer, you (almost) can't do something wrong. I am using a HP Deskjet F2180 (40€). Printing and scanning both work without problems. |
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>> On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:00:28 -0800 |
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>> "Manuel McLure" <manuel@××××××.org> wrote: |
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> I have a HP Deskjet D4260 that I got from newegg for less than $50.00. |
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> It works very well. Before that I had a little Deskjet 3820 which I had |
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> for years. It finally lost its head. Turn it on and it just goes from |
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> side to side until I cut it off. The 4260 also has the option of using |
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> the hi yield cartridges too. It can print for a long time without |
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> running out of ink. |
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> I think if you get a HP printer, you will do all right. I wouldn't get |
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> the latest thing unless I checked for drivers first tho. Also, to get |
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> my old 3820 to work, I googled for the ppd file and put it in the right |
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> place for cups. That was before hplip came out. I don't remember |
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> having to do that with the 4260. |
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> Hope that helps give you some ideas. |
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> Dale |
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Thanks Dale, and everyone who suggests HP. This is probably the best |
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way to go if he decides to stay with an inexpensive ink-jet. |
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I'm intrigued by Albert's suggestion to look for a $400 color laser |
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printer. It's not a great solution for my house by my Dad's flush so |
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he might like that sort of solution. |
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A question I have about laser printers, from the old days whn I had |
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one, is aren't they really pretty bad reliability for low print volume |
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applications. My old laser printer, made by some off-brand company |
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that was early into the Postscript clone game, was that the rollers |
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very quickly got flat spots because we didn't print every day. When we |
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would print the paper wouldn't feed correctly and the quality was bad. |
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I don't think my Dad is going to print more than 2-3 pages/day on |
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average and since they travel now and again it could sit idle for a |
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week or two. |
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I suppose I could make some sort of cron job that printed one page a |
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day if that was a reasonable solution. |
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Very interested in your ideas and greatful for all the responses. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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