On Wednesday 21 January 2009, Craig White wrote: >On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 12:43 +0000, Noel James Bridge wrote: >> On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 11:19 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: >> > I'd recommend HP, because the CUPS drivers (HPLIP) are Free Software, >> > written by HP themselves and included in Fedora (so they work out of the >> > box). >> >> ... >> >> > One drawback though is that HP is not the cheapest option out there >> > (especially if you count the ink/toner prices - for example, HP inkjets >> > have the print heads on the cartridge, which means they're less >> > susceptible to defects, but which also means the cartridges are very >> > expensive; >> >> I have a hp deskjet at home which gets light use, mostly. The integrated >> print head has a big advantage in this situation, one which is not >> immediately obvious. The main limitation on performance is simply that >> the jets very gradually dry out so that the quality becomes uneven. With >> a hp printer you replace the print head and it works as new. By contrast >> with an Epson printer I found that this was not possible. The result is >> that the hp printer has lasted far longer. > >---- >If you frequently print, the Epson is probably a superior mechanism but >yes, if you only print once in a while, the lines and jets can get dried >out and clog which necessitates cleaning and is at minimum a PITA and a >waste of ink. This was a consideration for me when I set amanda up to print a one page backup report every night, it keeps the black jets on my Epson clear. Unforch, it doesn't help the color jets, and I don't know it till I go to print a pix and its full of color streaks from plugged heads. Then I still have to waste the ink with a cleaning cycle, sometimes 2. (mtink handles that well and tells me how much ink I have left too) I think that is a large part of why an old C82, running the C84 Gutenprint drivers so it can do borderless, is still working, well enough I have sold prints from it. I put in a request for amanda to use the colors too, and was told "patches welcome" which is as it should be, but I have NDI how to tell a printer to print this line in black, that one in magenta, and the next one in cyan and the borders in yellow. But I feel I would probably waste less ink (about $75 for all 4 cartridges) in the long run if it was blowing its noses daily with the amanda printout. >This is especially a problem where I live in the desert >southwest where it is usually very dry (indoor relative humidity always >under 20%). > >I noticed though that some of the newer HP units have gone to a >multi-stage unit with separate print heads. > >Myself, I'm still using an older (now) OfficeJet 6110 and the cartridges >are ridiculously expensive. > >I think Kevin was using a point of view strictly from a driver >perspective. > >Craig -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) BNC (brain not (user brain not connected) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
