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Simplest and most reliable printer for an iMac?
I thought most all computers work simply and automatically. But my
mother's in her 80s and has had several computers (with several versions of Windows), and most every time I visit her, I have to get it working again for her. It's not the OS, it's not the printer, and she objects vigorously to any implication that it's her. My printer predates my Mac by a decade. My wife's is pretty new. I can use them both with no problem from my Mac. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison |
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On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:23:11 GMT, David
wrote: Re cost of ink - generally the cheaper printers tend to be harder on ink than the more expensive units, but that is not such a problem unless you (or her) are going to do a lot of printing. Not printing enough can dry out cartridges and be expensive as well. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison |
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Simplest and most reliable printer for an iMac?
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Howard Brazee wrote: On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:23:11 GMT, David wrote: Re cost of ink - generally the cheaper printers tend to be harder on ink than the more expensive units, but that is not such a problem unless you (or her) are going to do a lot of printing. Not printing enough can dry out cartridges and be expensive as well. On cheaper, lower-quality printers, definitely. I sometimes don't print anything for a couple months on my Canon PIXMA printer, and it prints just as well today as the day I bought it back in 2005. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR |
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On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:30:02 -0500, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
wrote: Brother. Hands down. A decade or two ago I went to a user group, and someone demonstrated his Brother printer. As he carried the big thing in, he said it was heavy, to which two different wags in the audience gave the obvious reply. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison |
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Simplest and most reliable printer for an iMac?
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Howard Brazee wrote: I thought most all computers work simply and automatically. But my mother's in her 80s and has had several computers (with several versions of Windows), and most every time I visit her, I have to get it working again for her. It's not the OS, it's not the printer, and she objects vigorously to any implication that it's her. I have to question your assertion that it's not Windows. : ) -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR |
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(John Brock) wrote: My siblings and I bought our 80-some year old mother a new iMac for Christmas, and her Epson Stylus Color 740 -- unsupported by Snow Leopard -- is now junk. So we'd like to hear recommendations for a new printer. That was a lovely printer. Mine lasted over a decade of sometimes fairly heavy use until the day it died between two print jobs. I went out and bought a new Epson, but this one is the Artisan 710. I wanted foto quality prints and this one delivers. I was startled to discover how cheap these things have become, since it's a scanner, too. It's nice being able to print from my laptop instead of sending print jobs over to the OS 9 G4 for printing now, too. I also like the flat top, which the digital picture frame I got for Christmas can sit on when I'm not scanning 8-) It has 5 color and a black ink cartridge, but they're as easy or easier to change than the ones in the 740. It may be more than you want for your mother, but I love it! Oh, and I'm a great-grandmother 8-) -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo |
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"Jonathan L. Parker" wrote: John Brock wrote: My siblings and I bought our 80-some year old mother a new iMac for Christmas, and her Epson Stylus Color 740 -- unsupported by Snow Leopard -- is now junk. So we'd like to hear recommendations for a new printer. Are you sure about that non-support? I'm still using 10.4.11 so I can't speak directly with regard to Snow Leopard, but I can tell you that Gutenprint *does* have a driver for this printer, and my version includes it. Unless Mom lives a long way off and all of you have already gone home after the holidays, you might want to take a crack at setting it up for her. If nothing else, it could serve as a backup option in case the new printer you'll *still* probably end up buying for her ever goes on the fritz. I don't know what Gutenprint is, but I do know Epson didn't update the drivers for that printer when they updated everything else. My scanner was just as old and didn't even have a USB connection, so it had to stay connected to the old computer anyway. The G4 can read ANYthing 8-) My lovely new laptop only has USB and Firewire ports. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo |
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J.J. O'Shea wrote: If you _must_ go with a stand-alone inkjet, check out Epson or Canon. Stay far away from HP, and further away from Lexmark. If you can live with a MFD, add Brother to Epson and Canon. My Epson Artisan 710 even gives me good color images on ordinary paper, is easy to load, and the cartridges that came with it, though low now, have done a LOT of printing, including quite a few for my foto album, since I got it. It came with an extra black ink. It's also a scanner, but it's not REQUIRED that you scan things if you don't want to 8-) I'm certainly not going to try to fax anything, since it's not connected to a phone 8-) For foto printing, you can stick a memory card into it directly. It does other stuff, too. AND it's under $200, even if over $100. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo |
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Simplest and most reliable printer for an iMac?
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 11:47:49 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article ): In article , Lloyd Parsons wrote: In article , Jolly Roger wrote: In article , "Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote: In article , (John Brock) wrote: We're not interested in speed or ultra-high quality photos or multi-function; we're looking for robustness and simplicity above all. We'd like our mother to be able to change the ink cartridges by herself! Beyond that, we're looking for a major brand with good OS X support, and not overly expensive (especially the ink). Under $200 certainly, and under $100 would be nice. Given these criteria, what would be the best choice? Brother. Hands down. You've got to be kidding me. Their software flat-out sucks! You must be kidding me! Their software is just fine, including the little toolbar thingie. But then, who uses the software that comes with the scanner much anyway? I sure don't and many I talk to don't. Give me a solid driver (check), a simple interface for quick scans (check), and work with my very good Apple software (check) Not the Bother software I've had to troubleshoot for a family member (for a Brother MFC-4420C). I have a MFC-440cn, and the software is as the previous poster stated: a driver for the printer section and a driver for the scanner section, both of which worked over the network, and both of which worked without a fuss. The printer driver did everything I wanted to and did it quickly and without getting in my way. The scanner driver works with, among others, Image Capture, Graphic Converter, Photoshop, and Acrobat Pro. I can also scan directly from either System Preferences/Print & Fax or from the printer application. There's also the Brother Control Center software, which _is_ crap, but as I don't even have it installed anymore is not a problem. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com. |
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