[TriLUG] Best printer?

Justis Peters justis.peters at gmail.com
Fri Apr 12 13:26:43 EDT 2013


On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Peter Neilson <neilson at windstream.net> wrote:
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> A couple of years ago I bought an HP 6500 "all-in-one" to replace an aging Canon 4400. I've been less than pleased. Replacing an ink cartridge generally takes one to two hours as the machine complains, "Ink cartridge missing or damaged" when the cartridge is actually brand new and properly inserted. It is not possible (for instance) to print in b&w if a color cartridge isn't right, or even to do scanning. Eventually it magically starts working correctly.
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> Right now all the cartridges are in place correctly, but the machine fails to print black ink. My computer room is on the second floor of my house, and the nearby window is tempting me to test the 6500's abilities in aviation.
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> The "usual resources" thus far have provided me with no definitive answers of wireless printers appropriate for Ubuntu 12.10 or even for other Linux systems. Horror stories are available for every model, as far as I can see.
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> Does anyone have any solid recommendations? I'd like print/scan/copy. Don't need fax. I fully expect the cost of buying the thing to be much like owning a horse, where the initial cost is always swamped by the cost of the ink or horse feed.

I bought a Brother MFCJ425W (for approximately $100) in October 2012
and have been very pleased with it so far. It was a snap to setup in
Ubuntu and the replacement cartridges are comparatively cheap. Brother
is one of the only "big brands" that turns a blind eye to the
third-party providers of ink cartridges. Read the reviews on the ink,
to make sure you don't end up with a mess on your hands (literally),
but it's definitely nice to buy ink for a reasonable price again.

Kind regards,
Justis



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