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Epson "ink is low" ripoff
I have to agree, my canon printers never printed photo's very well
compared to how they worked with windows. For printing documents they work fine. I read HP's work really good with linux and HP supports linux with drivers. http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/ -- Stacey With our HP inkjet, we get a low ink warning. We get it months before the ink actually runs out. But at least it keeps printing until it is REALLY out of ink. -Dave |
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On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 04:14:11 GMT, "Noozer" wrote:
Absurd analogy. In fact the way tire use really works, it's a good comparison with ink cartridges as far how it should work. IOW if you drive moderately, you can expect your tires to last longer than if you drive hard. You can't control how hard you drive your printer... Know what a printer driver is?... and what it means to you? Every one I've seen, laser or inkjet has controls for "quality" or "density" or "dpi"... whatever they want you to think the result will be. You seem to have missed something established earlier in the thread - GO BACK TO GO. ...and you can drive on your tires until their on the steel belts, and you lose control and crash. I guess *YOU* could - not me! I assume that you don't change your brake pads until the rivets are cutting into the rotors as well.. To hell with the safety margin! Who cares if they're squealing as long as there is some pad left! Hmmm, quite the little ru... err... ant! Rgds, George Macdonald "Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me?? |
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Judging from the comments here, it appears that for robustness,
economical, carefree use etc. one should go with lasers, and with one that has separate drum and toner to save on drum replacement costs because a drum lasts much longer. Obviously, Linux compatibility is a must. But is postscript necessary? ps printers generally have been much more expensive. Error-free paper handling is of course a requirement. No hassles, no fumbling: just lazy, easy plug-n-play. Colour is not a requirement. More recommendations? Lux |
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A. L. Meyers wrote:
one should go with lasers, and Yes. with one that has separate drum and toner to save on drum replacement costs because a drum lasts much longer. No. |
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gothika wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 03:06:55 -0400, Stacey wrote: gothika wrote: On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 08:07:01 -0400, "Dave C." wrote: Canon makes some very good printers, especially for printing text. Just beware of the model that have the same dpi specs as the epsons, they're running epson print engines under the hood.( 1140x720 dpi etc...) Do you have a source for that? If it's true, I'll have to cross Canon off my list entirely. But I suspect you are mistaken, as Epson and Canon are direct competitors. Canon has been making their own bubble-jets so long, it doesn't make sense that they would need to borrow inferior technology from Epson. -Dave I'm sure back about 4 years ago Canon contracted with Epson to make the print engines for a line of their "photo-printers". They were easy to spot, their specs matched the Epsons exactly.(1440x1440, 1440x720 etc...) Just stay away from those models. I looked at canon's site and none of their printers match epsons numbers, they are now at 4800X1200 for most of their better (over $99) printers. Maybe at one point they did this but I don't recall it and as I said my BJC-8200 from just a few years ago makes really nice prints and isn't an epson clone. Try looking at the specs for the BJC 3000 http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/con...0&modelid=7971 Interesting... Thanx -- Stacey |
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[Followups trimmed]
"Dave C." wrote in : Go HP or Canon instead. FWIW, I picked up a BJC-4300 for $15 at a local used-PC-stuff place, and he had about a dozen more in there. All of them had clogged heads, but a new cartridge ($35 with black and color tanks included) fixed that, and a new black tank (BCI-21) can be had at WalMart for less than $8. There's also a black-only tank for those who don't care about color, which lasts a lot longer...according to http://www.inksell.com/bpi421bk.html it can be had for under $5. |
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