HP products don't behave like this. Ez
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Steve G. <word...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not true at all. > > I have a brother scanner-printer-fax, and when the ink runs out, you can > not send faxes. They manufacturers sell the printer for next to nothing, > then get you by forcing you to change the ink every 3 months at ridiculous > prices. Every color that dries up bricks the machine FOR EVERY FUNCTION. > Instead of starting, it gives an error message and quits. > > Z. > > 2010/11/26 Etzion Bar-Noy <eza...@tournament.org.il> > > No relationship between the scanner module and the printer module in the >> device. They both work indifferently. >> >> Ez >> >> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Shlomo Solomon <shlomo.solo...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> On Thursday, November 25, 2010, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: >>> > All HP (and most others) scanners are working fine with Linux and >>> > sane-backend. >>> >>> Thank you and 4 others who suggested specific models. As I wrote, I >>> didn't >>> look at multifunction printers because I don't print much and the ink >>> dries >>> out. But, since three of the replies did refer to multifuntion devices, I >>> have >>> another question. What happens when the ink dries or clogs? Can I still >>> use >>> these devices to scan? The reason I ask is that after looking at prices, >>> I >>> realize that a multi-function is CHEAPER than a stand alone scanner. But, >>> it >>> would be useless to me if I have to keep feeding it expensive ink just to >>> be >>> able to scan. >>> >>> -- >>> Shlomo Solomon >>> http://the-solomons.net >>> Sent by KMail 1.13.3 (KDE 4.4.3) on LINUX Mandriva 2010.1 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-il mailing list >>> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >>> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> >> > > > -- > Check out my web site - www.words2u.net >
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