On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:52 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dominic Kexel wrote: >> That's right, i totaly agree. If you buy a HP-printer, you (almost) can't do >> something wrong. I am using a HP Deskjet F2180 (40€). Printing and scanning >> both work without problems. >> >> On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:00:28 -0800 >> "Manuel McLure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> > > I have a HP Deskjet D4260 that I got from newegg for less than $50.00. > It works very well. Before that I had a little Deskjet 3820 which I had > for years. It finally lost its head. Turn it on and it just goes from > side to side until I cut it off. The 4260 also has the option of using > the hi yield cartridges too. It can print for a long time without > running out of ink. > > I think if you get a HP printer, you will do all right. I wouldn't get > the latest thing unless I checked for drivers first tho. Also, to get > my old 3820 to work, I googled for the ppd file and put it in the right > place for cups. That was before hplip came out. I don't remember > having to do that with the 4260. > > Hope that helps give you some ideas. > > Dale >
Thanks Dale, and everyone who suggests HP. This is probably the best way to go if he decides to stay with an inexpensive ink-jet. I'm intrigued by Albert's suggestion to look for a $400 color laser printer. It's not a great solution for my house by my Dad's flush so he might like that sort of solution. A question I have about laser printers, from the old days whn I had one, is aren't they really pretty bad reliability for low print volume applications. My old laser printer, made by some off-brand company that was early into the Postscript clone game, was that the rollers very quickly got flat spots because we didn't print every day. When we would print the paper wouldn't feed correctly and the quality was bad. I don't think my Dad is going to print more than 2-3 pages/day on average and since they travel now and again it could sit idle for a week or two. I suppose I could make some sort of cron job that printed one page a day if that was a reasonable solution. Very interested in your ideas and greatful for all the responses. Cheers, Mark
