On July 8, 2003 08:16 am, Patrick wrote: > You definitely want to look at Epson (Stylus) printers too. Did you have > a look on www.linuxprinting.org, especially the database? The people > from the gimp-print project (gimp-print.sf.net) are very positive about Actually, my last printer was an Epson, but I got so turned off by that sucker (... it LITERALLY sucked up ink like a hungry vampire thirst for blood), that I switched to Lexmark. Either way, the printer manufacturers keep churning out new models almost every month, at ridiculously *LOW* prices, then shaft you on the "consumables" (ink, and paper), and by not supplying a printer cable in the box, etc...). > Epson printers and afaik they provide the most features for them. They > are very affordable and the ink tax is not as high as HP's. So if you > want the best photo printer in terms of support & features on Linux I > think Epson is the way to go. As a "normal" printer they do an excellent > job also. I have an HP DJ5550 myself and although it does everything > quite well (not outstanding), the ink is just ridiculously expensive. Thanks to you and all others here for your thoughtful comments. I haven't visited linuxprinting.org for several moons, so I'll look 'em up! Elton ;-) -- http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_4504.html "You only live once, so let's make life EASIER for each other." LINUX Registered User #193975. AMD-K7 ATHLON CPU power on board.
