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Looking for a new printer that easy to maintain, supported in Debian/Linux, & supports LPT.
Hello,
I am planning to buy a new printer in a few weeks, but I need your advices/suggestions. What's the best printer brand and model that doesn't clog often, easy to maintain, doesn't waste inks so much during warm up and cleaning, etc. I also don't use the printer much as I used to do as a student. I will print a few pages maybe once a week so the ink cartridges need to stay in shape for a longer period of time, especially during heat waves in Southern CA (sometimes 85+ degrees(F) in my tiny room). I also still want to be able to print photographs in colors on glossy papers, but this will be rare. The printer should work in Windows 95 to XP, Linux, and MacOS X (10.2.8; PowerBook G4 15" 1 Ghz). Parallel support would be nice for my old Pentium 150 MMX laptop with Windows 95 OSR2. The printer should be small. I have an Epson STYLUS Color 880 and had a HP 560c Deskjet so that should give you the sizes. Are there any upcoming printer sales in my area at Costco, Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Office Depot, Staples, The Good Guys, etc.? The printer doesn't need to be the newest model either. Thank you in advance. -- "I once heard the survivors of a colony of ants that had been partially obliterated by a cow's foot seriously debating the intention of the gods towards their civilization" --Archy the Cockroach from Don Mar- quis' "Archy and Mehitabel" book ("Certain Maxims of Archy" poem) /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phillip (Ant) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx & http://aqfl.net | |o o| | E-mail: NT or \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address if your e-mail was returned. ( ) |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 23:21:31 +0000, ANTan wrote:
Hello, I am planning to buy a new printer in a few weeks, but I need your advices/suggestions. What's the best printer brand and model that doesn't clog often, easy to maintain, doesn't waste inks so much during warm up and cleaning, etc. I also don't use the printer much as I used to do as a student. I will print a few pages maybe once a week so the ink cartridges need to stay in shape for a longer period of time, especially during heat waves in Southern CA (sometimes 85+ degrees(F) in my tiny room). I also still want to be able to print photographs in colors on glossy papers, but this will be rare. The printer should work in Windows 95 to XP, Linux, and MacOS X (10.2.8; PowerBook G4 15" 1 Ghz). Parallel support would be nice for my old Pentium 150 MMX laptop with Windows 95 OSR2. The printer should be small. I have an Epson STYLUS Color 880 and had a HP 560c Deskjet so that should give you the sizes. Are there any upcoming printer sales in my area at Costco, Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Office Depot, Staples, The Good Guys, etc.? The printer doesn't need to be the newest model either. Thank you in advance. Linux printing: choose PostScript or HP-PCL if possible. If the box says it supports MS and MAC, it'll probably work with linux. BTW - I have an Apollo P2200 (HP low cost version - cost about $50 at OfficeMax a couple of years ago). trouble free, and works fine with linux. I'd suggest a cheap HP - look for one with parallel and usb. |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 23:21:31 -0500, ANTant wrote:
Hello, I am planning to buy a new printer in a few weeks, but I need your advices/suggestions. What's the best printer brand and model that doesn't clog often, easy to maintain, doesn't waste inks so much during warm up and cleaning, etc. I also don't use the printer much as I used to do as a student. I will print a few pages maybe once a week so the ink cartridges need to stay in shape for a longer period of time, especially during heat waves in Southern CA (sometimes 85+ degrees(F) in my tiny room). I also still want to be able to print photographs in colors on glossy papers, but this will be rare. The printer should work in Windows 95 to XP, Linux, and MacOS X (10.2.8; PowerBook G4 15" 1 Ghz). Parallel support would be nice for my old Pentium 150 MMX laptop with Windows 95 OSR2. The printer should be small. I have an Epson STYLUS Color 880 and had a HP 560c Deskjet so that should give you the sizes. Are there any upcoming printer sales in my area at Costco, Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Office Depot, Staples, The Good Guys, etc.? The printer doesn't need to be the newest model either. Thank you in advance. All HP products are well supported in Linux. I've got an OfficeJet 6110 all in one that I got at Costco. It prints, scans, copies and FAXes. Both the print and scan functions work fine with Mandrake 10.1C. Earlier versions of Mandrake couldn't scan but the latest version fixed that. |
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I am planning to buy a new printer in a few weeks, but I need your
advices/suggestions. What's the best printer brand and model that doesn't clog often, easy to maintain, doesn't waste inks so much during warm up and cleaning, etc. I also don't use the printer much as I used to do as a student. I will print a few pages maybe once a week so the ink cartridges need to stay in shape for a longer period of time, especially during heat waves in Southern CA (sometimes 85+ degrees(F) in my tiny room). I also still want to be able to print photographs in colors on glossy papers, but this will be rare. The printer should work in Windows 95 to XP, Linux, and MacOS X (10.2.8; PowerBook G4 15" 1 Ghz). Parallel support would be nice for my old Pentium 150 MMX laptop with Windows 95 OSR2. The printer should be small. I have an Epson STYLUS Color 880 and had a HP 560c Deskjet so that should give you the sizes. Are there any upcoming printer sales in my area at Costco, Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Office Depot, Staples, The Good Guys, etc.? The printer doesn't need to be the newest model either. All HP products are well supported in Linux. I've got an OfficeJet 6110 all in one that I got at Costco. It prints, scans, copies and FAXes. Both the print and scan functions work fine with Mandrake 10.1C. Earlier versions of Mandrake couldn't scan but the latest version fixed that. OK. It looks like both Epson and HP are the good brands that are supported well under Linux (Debian) from what I read. Is it safe to buy the NEWEST models or should I avoid them due to lack of driver support? I don't really need those combo machine like OfficeJet. Just a printer to print out Web pages, documents, greeting cards, and a few photos (glossy). -- At length, when they came to a (lowly) valley of ants, one of the ants said: "O ye ants, get into your habitations, lest Solomon and his hosts crush you (under foot) without knowing it." --Surah 27. The Ant, The Ants, line 18 /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phillip (Ant) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx & http://aqfl.net | |o o| | E-mail: NT or \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address if your e-mail was returned. ( ) |
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I am planning to buy a new printer in a few weeks, but I need your
advices/suggestions. What's the best printer brand and model that doesn't clog often, easy to maintain, doesn't waste inks so much during warm up and cleaning, etc. I also don't use the printer much as I used to do as a student. I will print a few pages maybe once a week so the ink cartridges need to stay in shape for a longer period of time, especially during heat waves in Southern CA (sometimes 85+ degrees(F) in my tiny room). I also still want to be able to print photographs in colors on glossy papers, but this will be rare. The printer should work in Windows 95 to XP, Linux, and MacOS X (10.2.8; PowerBook G4 15" 1 Ghz). Parallel support would be nice for my old Pentium 150 MMX laptop with Windows 95 OSR2. The printer should be small. I have an Epson STYLUS Color 880 and had a HP 560c Deskjet so that should give you the sizes. Are there any upcoming printer sales in my area at Costco, Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Office Depot, Staples, The Good Guys, etc.? The printer doesn't need to be the newest model either. I have narrowed down to HP and Epson for brands from what I read for Linux support. Do most newer models still have parallel (LPT) support? Obviously, my PowerBook G4 will be using USB/firewire cable for printing when needed. Thank you in advance. -- At length, when they came to a (lowly) valley of ants, one of the ants said: "O ye ants, get into your habitations, lest Solomon and his hosts crush you (under foot) without knowing it." --Surah 27. The Ant, The Ants, line 18 /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phillip (Ant) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx & http://aqfl.net | |o o| | E-mail: NT or \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address if your e-mail was returned. ( ) |
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said the following on 17/10/2004 12:21 PM:
The printer should work in Windows 95 to XP, Linux, and MacOS X (10.2.8; PowerBook G4 15" 1 Ghz). Parallel support would be nice for my old Pentium 150 MMX laptop with Windows 95 OSR2. The printer should be small. I have an Epson STYLUS Color 880 and had a HP 560c Deskjet so that should give you the sizes. You might want to check any printers you are thinking of buying on http://www.linuxprinting.org/ for compatibility. |
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