Thanks very much! Sorry, the printing is largely of documents, but the printer sits for a while doing nothing. I guess laser is the way to go then? What are goog suggestions then? Ranjan On Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:26:23 +1030 Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 16:05 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > What would be a good low-volume, cheap-to-use/maintain home printer > > for use with Fedora 31 and beyond? > > You should probably say what kind of things are important to you. > Colour, printing photos, or just documents... > > I use a second-hand Hewlett Packard laser printer. The older ones are > built like a tank, and last forever. > > Inkjet's can be a problem with low-volume printing, the ink can dry out > or gunk up between use (depends on how little you print), but even if > you use it often enough to avoid that, they waste much of their tiny > amount of expensive ink during their cleaning routine. Laser toner is > much more cost effective than ink. > > About the only cost effective inkjets are the ones with the large > outboard ink tanks, with continuous feed tubes to the head. Their > large refill bottles are about the only ones that are not a monumental > rip off, and you only have to top up the tanks that are actually low on > ink. > > But you still have to contend with the clogged heads that plague > inkjets. Remember that issue's made worse with cheap and nasty paper. > > -- > > uname -rsvp > Linux 3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Dec 6 15:49:49 UTC 2019 x86_64 > > Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. > I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
