dbrett@xxxxxxx <> wrote on Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:20 AM: I second that, the HP Laserjet 4 and 5-series basically last forever. We have a couple 4 and 5M-machines that's been chugging along since the mid/late 90s w/o a hitch, only the occasional cartridge-exchange and vaccuming. For basic monochrome printing this is the way to go IMO. For flashier photo-printing, I've seen that Canon Pixmas get good scores. Inkjets, regardless of brand, are a necessary evil at times, unless you have access to a colour laser printer of good quality... 8-] > I would recommend getting a laser printer for print outs which don't > require colour. It is possible to pick up older HP4 for not very much. > For photo's, I like Canon as well. Sorry not sure what to recommend, > have not had much success myself. > > On Sat, 25 Aug 2007, mark wrote: > >> Ok, we've decided that the black head circuitry is dead on our printer. >> Now, I like the Canon, esp the four separate cartridges (*all* < $15, >> OEM), so I'm leaning towards another Canon. >> >> BIG consideration: it *must* have good support under Linux, since that's >> all I run. I'm looking at the CUPS printer database, but that won't tell >> me things like: >> - how well it will last (I'm not happy at only 4 years) >> - not *too* expensive (I'd prefer < $150) >> >> And with this group, yes, I'm looking at an inkjet, and I *loathe* HP >> inkjets - pure crap. >> >> mark -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
