[TriLUG] Good budget priced inkjet for Linux?

Scott G. Hall ScottGHall at BellSouth.Net
Sat Apr 12 16:14:11 EDT 2003


On 11 Apr 2003 15:57:33 -0400
Robert Floyd <r.floyd3 at verizon.net> wrote:

>After driving myself crazy trying to get my SuSe laptop to talk via
>Wi-Fi to my old HP 712C DeskJet (hooked up to a Win98 box...long story),
>I've decided to investigate a newer printer with, perhaps, better Linux
>support. Here are my parameters:
>
>-- under $100
>-- decent photo printing
>-- plays well with Linux
>
>I'd like to avoid HP, if possible, as I'm not a fan of their nastiness
>regarding third-party cartridge suppliers.
>
>What suggestions do the folks here have?
>
>Robert Floyd
>Durham, NC
>

I know that you may have your SuSE tuned to your liking and stuff, but I
am going to suggest maybe a different distribution.  I am using Xandros
one one box and Mandrake on another -- both of which talk to my HP on a
MS-Windows box flawlessly.  And to configure the Samba connections was
simple via the graphical menus.

We had a similar need, and opted for an HP PSC 750 -- this is a "printer,
scanner & copier" combo unit that Office Max had on sale for $150 (they
still do).  Xandros and Mandrake had direct drivers for it, with a very
notable benefit: we can print color postscript output to this printer!
(I don't think that its native for this printer; I also have a LaserJet
6L on another MS-Win box, and the Samba driver for this also prints Linux
postscript output).

I have had HP, Lexmark and Epson over the years, and the quality and
longevity of the HP's far outweighs what the others offer.  I recommend
an HP.  Oh, and note: my wife just got a 3rd party cartridge for the PSC
and there are no problems.  She says that it was 2/3 the price.  I'll ask
her where she got it and repost here.

-- 
Scott G. Hall,
Raleigh, NC, USA
ScottGHall at BellSouth.Net




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