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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Buying a low-cost printer for Linux
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:29:30
Message-Id: 5bdc1c8b0812040929t29d31b71ka6c7d39ab88096d9@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Buying a low-cost printer for Linux by Dale
1 On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:52 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Dominic Kexel wrote:
3 >> 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.
4 >>
5 >> On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:00:28 -0800
6 >> "Manuel McLure" <manuel@××××××.org> wrote:
7 >>
8 >>
9 >>
10 >
11 > I have a HP Deskjet D4260 that I got from newegg for less than $50.00.
12 > It works very well. Before that I had a little Deskjet 3820 which I had
13 > for years. It finally lost its head. Turn it on and it just goes from
14 > side to side until I cut it off. The 4260 also has the option of using
15 > the hi yield cartridges too. It can print for a long time without
16 > running out of ink.
17 >
18 > I think if you get a HP printer, you will do all right. I wouldn't get
19 > the latest thing unless I checked for drivers first tho. Also, to get
20 > my old 3820 to work, I googled for the ppd file and put it in the right
21 > place for cups. That was before hplip came out. I don't remember
22 > having to do that with the 4260.
23 >
24 > Hope that helps give you some ideas.
25 >
26 > Dale
27 >
28
29 Thanks Dale, and everyone who suggests HP. This is probably the best
30 way to go if he decides to stay with an inexpensive ink-jet.
31
32 I'm intrigued by Albert's suggestion to look for a $400 color laser
33 printer. It's not a great solution for my house by my Dad's flush so
34 he might like that sort of solution.
35
36 A question I have about laser printers, from the old days whn I had
37 one, is aren't they really pretty bad reliability for low print volume
38 applications. My old laser printer, made by some off-brand company
39 that was early into the Postscript clone game, was that the rollers
40 very quickly got flat spots because we didn't print every day. When we
41 would print the paper wouldn't feed correctly and the quality was bad.
42 I don't think my Dad is going to print more than 2-3 pages/day on
43 average and since they travel now and again it could sit idle for a
44 week or two.
45
46 I suppose I could make some sort of cron job that printed one page a
47 day if that was a reasonable solution.
48
49 Very interested in your ideas and greatful for all the responses.
50
51 Cheers,
52 Mark

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Re: [gentoo-user] Buying a low-cost printer for Linux Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>