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I agree with the observation that HP is the best of the major printer manufacturers with respect to Linux. I recently purchased a Canon iP4300 and had to make do, at first, with using one third party driver for monochrome printing and another for color. Only lately has Canon come out with Linux drivers on its Australian and European web sites. However, as much as I appreciate HP for its accommoation to Linux users, I'd still pick my Canon. I'm now working with my Canon quite nicely, though I wish it had the utilities of my retired HP. I like that my Canon has separate ink receptacles for each color. HP has tri-color cartridges that are very wasteful... as soon as one color goes, you have to replace all three. I like that the Canon ink cartridge does not include a print head. Print heads are the miniscule delivery systems that transfer the ink to the page. Canon print heads are semi permanent elements of the printer, part of the carriage system that holds the ink cartridges, but separate from the cartridges themselves. The Canon print head is not terribly expensive to replace, about $40-$50 (not including shipping), and they last a long, long time. Canon's print heads are designed to be conveniently and easily replaced by the user. I have taken out and reinserted the print head on my Canon Pixma and I can confirm this to be true. Epson's print head is also separate from the ink cartridge, but I understand that it can only be replaced by a technician. On the negative side for HP (IMHO), its ink cartridges include the print head. This is one reason why buying third party HP refill cartridges is riskier than buying third party Canon or Epson refill cartridges... with HP you're replacing a new print head along with the ink. Not only is it usually unnecessary to replace the print head along with the ink... you may be installing a print head in worse shape than the one you're throwing away. I'm seriously considering buying a CISS (continuous ink supply system). If I were to stick to, or go back to, HP, I would definitely go with a CISS because of HP's wasteful ink delivery systems. I have not seen any CISS sold in Israel, so I'll be buying directly from overseas. The RIHAC system looks very high quality and reasonably priced. http://www.rihac.com.au/ I hope that customs won't be an issue and that transporting of ink won't necessitate some official from puncturing the ink containers. If anyone has any experience with this, I'd be grateful to hear about it. ==================================== J. Michael Jaffe, Ph.D. EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PHONE: +972 4 6398160 FAX (ISRAEL): +972 153 4 6398160 FAX (US): 1-419-781-4486 --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. --0-472307128-1205398971=:73169 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I agree with the observation that HP is the best of the major printer manufacturers with respect to Linux. I recently purchased a Canon iP4300 and had to make do, at first, with using one third party driver for monochrome printing and another for color. Only lately has Canon come out with Linux drivers on its Australian and European web sites. However, as much as I appreciate HP for its accommoation to Linux users, I'd still pick my Canon.<br><br>I'm now working with my Canon quite nicely, though I wish it had the utilities of my retired HP. I like that my Canon has separate ink receptacles for each color. HP has tri-color cartridges that are very wasteful... as soon as one color goes, you have to replace all three. <br><br>I like that the Canon ink cartridge does not include a print head. Print heads are the miniscule delivery systems that transfer the ink to the page. Canon print heads are semi permanent elements of the printer, part of the carriage system that holds the ink cartridges, but separate from the cartridges themselves. The Canon print head is not terribly expensive to replace, about $40-$50 (not including shipping), and they last a long, long time. Canon's print heads are designed to be conveniently and easily replaced by the user. I have taken out and reinserted the print head on my Canon Pixma and I can confirm this to be true. Epson's print head is also separate from the ink cartridge, but I understand that it can only be replaced by a technician.<br><br>On the negative side for HP (IMHO), its ink cartridges include the print head. This is one reason why buying third party HP refill cartridges is riskier than buying third party Canon or Epson refill cartridges... with HP you're replacing a new print head along with the ink. Not only is it usually unnecessary to replace the print head along with the ink... you may be installing a print head in worse shape than the one you're throwing away.<br><br>I'm seriously considering buying a CISS (continuous ink supply system). If I were to stick to, or go back to, HP, I would definitely go with a CISS because of HP's wasteful ink delivery systems. I have not seen any CISS sold in Israel, so I'll be buying directly from overseas. The RIHAC system looks very high quality and reasonably priced. <br>http://www.rihac.com.au/<br>I hope that customs won't be an issue and that transporting of ink won't necessitate some official from puncturing the ink containers. If anyone has any experience with this, I'd be grateful to hear about it.<br><BR><BR>====================================<br>J. Michael Jaffe, Ph.D.<br>EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<br>PHONE: +972 4 6398160<br>FAX (ISRAEL): +972 153 4 6398160<br>FAX (US): 1-419-781-4486<p>  <hr size=1>Looking for last minute shopping deals? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51734/*http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping";> Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.</a> --0-472307128-1205398971=:73169-- ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
