On 06/08/13 12:50, Derek Balling wrote:
On Aug 6, 2013, at 7:33 AM, "Edward Ned Harvey (lopser)" <[email protected]>
wrote:
So I'm acknowledging that the Canon Inkjet and the HP Laserjet are both low
cost, reliable, fully featured. The thing that to me is a differentiator, is
as follows:
Canon PIXMA driver, including network print, scan, fax: 24MB
HP Laserjet 276nw driver: They say 47MB for basic, or 110MB for full featured.
My experience so far (maybe this is the first exception) is that HP printers
come with completely overblown invasive driver software, that constantly
harasses you to do upgrades and tries to install with parasite software like
bing bar and ask toolbar and junk like that. Maybe that basic driver is good
enough nowadays - maybe they've finally turned a corner. But I'm certainly not
giving them credit or assuming they've improved.
I can speak only to the Mac drivers, but I've not found the HP drivers to be
"invasive" at all. But the full-featured driver is fairly nice (print-to-fax,
proactive notice of needing toner, etc.).
Some other differentiators are:
+HP the HP has a higher PPM count (especially on color,
less so on B/W),
+CANON the Canon has a higher print resolution for color printing
+CANON higher scanning resolution
+HP(?) "Scan to Email" is a hellishly nice feature that I don't see
listed on the Canon, but I'll concede might exist
+HP Toner doesn't smudge, really (At least not NEARLY on
the scale that inkjet ink does).
The reality is I think - as you say - both fairly reliable full-featured
devices. Depending on where a person's particular needs lie, either of them
could be a great solution.
D
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Hi,
My use-case is budget home office Linux colour printing. I have a B&W
Brother laser printer for printing in bulk. I have a Fujitsu SnapScan
for bulk scanning. This is for low volume colour printing, for hard
copy of the occasional photo, for scanning "off the glass" for bulky
originals, and for "photo-copying" without needing to power up a PC. No
requirement for faxing. Printing from Android is a bonus. Duplex is a
requirement.
I've had one bad experience with an HP all-in-one, which broke when it
was 53 weeks old. A quick Google revealed it was a known problem. HP
had redesigned some gear wheels, and changed the model number. HP's
attitude was "bad luck". On the other hand I had an old Laserjet 1100,
and when it started feeding multiple sheets, HP had a free retrofit kit
to replace the pads.
I remember the days when inkjets dried up when not used. But my
experience with Canon at least, suggests those days are long gone. I can
see the advantage of colour laser printers, but they are mostly too
bulky, and I'm not sure they would produce good photos. Horses for
courses, as they say.
For my old Pixma (c. 2006?) I had to buy a Linux driver from Turboprint,
but with later releases it has "just worked". In its new home, it
worked out of the box on Linux, but required a download from Canon to
get it working on a Mac. My pecking order for vendors would be (1)
those who ensure their printers work "out of the box" with (Debian)
Linux; (2) downloadable Debian drivers from the vendor; (3) third party
drivers. Ditto for scanner support. And ditto for OS X support.
I guess that prices in the US are cheaper than the UK. www.amazon.co.uk
will give you a good idea of pricing here.
Thanks!
Jonathan.
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