Re: Printers.......

[Reg Whitely]

Alex, if you choose to get another inkjet printer, Inkman have an interesting 
cartridge deal where you get a free Canon printer included - choice of 3. See 
here: 
http://www.inkman.com.au/search-results.asp?PageNo=1&search_terms=CANON-BUNDLE

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On 13/10/2011, at 12:30 am, Alex wrote:

> Hi Fellow Wamugians
> 
> I have allowed my current Canon MX700 series inkjet printer to die,  
> probably through my own neglect because I hate the way the ink  
> cartridges keep running for a very long time even though they prompt  
> you to replace.  Have disliked the scanning function on it anyway as  
> it is ss clunky (strange in my mind as I thought Canon were good  
> at scanner technology?!)
> 
> My question is should I go to Laser MFC over Inkjet MFC.  Not a huge  
> user, although random jobs can be big if someone is studying.  Won't  
> be connecting the fax function except the occaisional sending (if the  
> scanning function is good maybe they will give up on the faxing!).   
> Household has a couple Win laptops as well as the usual expanding Mac  
> family.
> 
> Do the Laser toners also clog up if occaisionally not used for a  
> period of time?  Was interested in the Samsung Laser MFC but Ronni  
> gave it a bad rap about a year ago so have gone off it.
> 
> Anyone have any opinions on the environmental effects from the Laser  
> printers (ie in the room)?
> 
> Many thanks in advance for your assistance & opinions,
> 
> Cheers,  Alex
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I have a Samsung 6210FX.  The toner cartridges seem to have less than the 
normal one would expect from a Laser.
About a year ago, I started having problems with printing anything with 
graphics on it.  If I want to print 10 copies, it will print one then shut 
down, then start up again and print the next and so on.
I rang their service section and they wanted to update the firmware (last time, 
they did from their end)  This time they couldn't do it that way and sent me a 
USB thumbdrive 
which cannot be loaded from a Mac.  The tech was stumped.  I cannot even do it 
through VMware Fusion either.  Hence I will probably follow Daniels advice 
about buying a Brother.

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On 13/10/2011, at 12:30 AM, Alex wrote:

> Hi Fellow Wamugians
> 
> I have allowed my current Canon MX700 series inkjet printer to die,  
> probably through my own neglect because I hate the way the ink  
> cartridges keep running for a very long time even though they prompt  
> you to replace.  Have disliked the scanning function on it anyway as  
> it is ss clunky (strange in my mind as I thought Canon were good  
> at scanner technology?!)
> 
> My question is should I go to Laser MFC over Inkjet MFC.  Not a huge  
> user, although random jobs can be big if someone is studying.  Won't  
> be connecting the fax function except the occaisional sending (if the  
> scanning function is good maybe they will give up on the faxing!).   
> Household has a couple Win laptops as well as the usual expanding Mac  
> family.
> 
> Do the Laser toners also clog up if occaisionally not used for a  
> period of time?  Was interested in the Samsung Laser MFC but Ronni  
> gave it a bad rap about a year ago so have gone off it.
> 
> Anyone have any opinions on the environmental effects from the Laser  
> printers (ie in the room)?
> 
> Many thanks in advance for your assistance & opinions,
> 
> Cheers,  Alex
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[Daniel Kerr]

On 13/10/2011, at 12:30 AM, Alex wrote:

> Hi Fellow Wamugians
> 
> I have allowed my current Canon MX700 series inkjet printer to die,  
> probably through my own neglect because I hate the way the ink  
> cartridges keep running for a very long time even though they prompt  
> you to replace.  Have disliked the scanning function on it anyway as  
> it is ss clunky (strange in my mind as I thought Canon were good  
> at scanner technology?!)
> 
> My question is should I go to Laser MFC over Inkjet MFC.  Not a huge  
> user, although random jobs can be big if someone is studying.  Won't  
> be connecting the fax function except the occaisional sending (if the  
> scanning function is good maybe they will give up on the faxing!).   
> Household has a couple Win laptops as well as the usual expanding Mac  
> family.
> 
> Do the Laser toners also clog up if occaisionally not used for a  
> period of time?  Was interested in the Samsung Laser MFC but Ronni  
> gave it a bad rap about a year ago so have gone off it.
> 
> Anyone have any opinions on the environmental effects from the Laser  
> printers (ie in the room)?
> 
> Many thanks in advance for your assistance & opinions,
> 
> Cheers,  Alex

Hi Alex

Always an interesting argument the Laser versus Inkjet. Definitely the running 
costs of a laser will generally be cheaper then that of an inkjet over the same 
period of time.
I've supplied both (laser and inkjet) for lots of my clients and use both here. 
My personal preference when it comes to printers is Epson and Brother.
I use an Epson laser for pretty much all my main printing and it runs like a 
dream. And I've barely had to replace toners at all (and no, they generally 
don't clog the same as inkjets do). Unfortunately Epson don't do laser's 
anymore. If and when I have to replace it, I would go for a Brother. As 
mentioned I've supplied a lot of units to my clients and they just keeping on 
going. They're great units.
But for "photo printing" we also have at home a 6 colour inkjet multifunction. 
We print something out of that about once a week at least, so the cartridges 
"keep moving". Again, it just works. And never had a problems with it.
So it generally comes down to what sort of things you may be printing. If it's 
general day to day stuff, then Lasers are great. You pay a bit more upfront but 
your running costs are lower. (though this may change,..will get to this in a 
second,...).

You also want to consider how it's going to be connected. A lot of units now 
are USB and Ethernet, and some also Wi-FI as well. If it's Ethernet then you 
can plug it in to your modem/router and every one can see it without it having 
to run off just one machine. If it's got Wi-Fi then it only needs a power point 
and can sit anywhere in the house. And everyone can have access to it. (great 
for some of the Wireless all in one Multifunction units that allow you to print 
and scan to any machine, regardless where it's located in the house.

OK,..now as mentioned. Epson have (or about to) bring out a new range of 
printer, which they've been working on for a while. It's the "standard" inkjet 
printer, but they're saying the running costs for it now are the same or better 
(up to 50% better) then that of a Laser. And they're an all in one. So they can 
be so interesting choices as well.
Generally if you ever think you want to do photo printing then some of the 
inkjets will get better quality. But if it;s "just colour" then a laser is 
still great. (And for most things Colour Laser Printing is still very good 
quality.

The ranges you can view here:-
Brother -  
(Most all in ones will generally be fairly large units.)
I just sold a client an MFC-9320CW and it works really well. (I did it a bit 
cheaper then it's RRP of $929, so they were happy there toolol)

Epson range - 
The new models I mentioned are the Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4540 and WorkForce 
Pro WP-4530.


I've been selling both Epson and Brother for about the last 10 years,..and to 
be honest I find them very reliable, easy to use and the software great. The 
Epson laser I've got sits in the Office and goes to a lower power mode so is 
very quiet and just wakes as I need it. I think in the 6+ years I've had i've 
had to replace maybe two toners (?) (Black and Blue as I use a lot of blue on 
my invoices). 

That would be my recommendation anyway :) Printers can be one of those things, 
that each has a particular one they like :)

Hope that helps.

Kind regards
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[Stephen Chape]

Thank you to all those who responded, especially to Ronni,
I deleted all my HP software, performed a system update, and I can now scan 
using Preview.
Brilliant !!

On 17/12/2009, at 9:12 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> You are welcome Graeme pleased it is sorted. A Windows user for 20 years, 
> welcome to Macs! I'm sure you will enjoy the ride ;-)
> 
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> On 17/12/2009, at 5:39 PM, Graeme Winters  wrote:
> 
>> Many thanks Ronni
>> Problem solved
>> As a PC user for 20 years I have much to learn
>> 
>> Graeme
>> On 17/12/2009, at 11:09 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
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[Ronda Brown]

Hi Stephen,

Did you try my suggestion that I sent yesterday? 
HP Scan Pro is no longer supported, but the new installers include HP Scan 
which does work in Snow Leopard.
Also note that HP Device Manager is not supported under Snow Leopard and will 
not be returning. Most of the functionality can be found inside of HP Utility.

"Download new updated Drivers from HP for your C4480 All-In-One Printer. It 
does say OS X 10.6 compatible.
This seems to solve the problem but scanning is now a self contained 
application and not part of the HP photosmart studio software.

This is the Direct Link for your C4480:

 "

Some people prefer to use "Preview.app" or Image Capture.app instead of the HP 
Scan.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 17/12/2009, at 9:55 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:

> 
> No wireless connection Merv.
> 
> 
> On 17/12/2009, at 9:51 AM, Merv Bond wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Stephen
>> Does your multifunction printer have a wireless facility and are you using 
>> it?
>> I have an Epson with wireless and could not get the scan to work until Epson 
>> informed me of a bit of software that was part of the driver download and 
>> was located in Utilies.  With this Epson Scan applic I was able to confirm a 
>> connection between my computer and the scanner.  Up until then I could print 
>> but not scan.
>> Do you have such and appl?  HP Scan or whatever?
>> Merv
>> 
>> Stephen Chape wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>> A few months ago when I updated Mac OS (I think it was OSX 10.6) my older 
>>> HP multifuction printer would no longer work. I got a list of printers that 
>>> would work with OSX 10.6 from the HP website and shot down to Harvey 
>>> Norman. Got myself an HP C4480 All In One.
>>> It printed and copied fine, but would not scan.
>>> I have emailed HP numerous times regarding this and also downloaded all the 
>>> updates.
>>> However I still have a printer that cannot scan.
>>> I have decided to cut my losses and make another purchase.
>>> Can anyone please recommend one up to $120 that works totally with the 
>>> latest OSX ?
>>> I am happy to change brands if necessary (although I would prefer HP or 
>>> Canon)
>>> Regards,
>>> Stephen Chape



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[Stephen Chape]

No wireless connection Merv.


On 17/12/2009, at 9:51 AM, Merv Bond wrote:



Stephen
Does your multifunction printer have a wireless facility and are you  
using it?
I have an Epson with wireless and could not get the scan to work  
until Epson informed me of a bit of software that was part of the  
driver download and was located in Utilies.  With this Epson Scan  
applic I was able to confirm a connection between my computer and  
the scanner.  Up until then I could print but not scan.

Do you have such and appl?  HP Scan or whatever?
Merv

Stephen Chape wrote:

Hi folks,
A few months ago when I updated Mac OS (I think it was OSX 10.6) my  
older HP multifuction printer would no longer work. I got a list of  
printers that would work with OSX 10.6 from the HP website and shot  
down to Harvey Norman. Got myself an HP C4480 All In One.

It printed and copied fine, but would not scan.
I have emailed HP numerous times regarding this and also downloaded  
all the updates.

However I still have a printer that cannot scan.
I have decided to cut my losses and make another purchase.
Can anyone please recommend one up to $120 that works totally with  
the latest OSX ?
I am happy to change brands if necessary (although I would prefer  
HP or Canon)

Regards,
Stephen Chape
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You are welcome Graeme pleased it is sorted. A Windows user for 20  
years, welcome to Macs! I'm sure you will enjoy the ride ;-)


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Many thanks Ronni
Problem solved
As a PC user for 20 years I have much to learn

Graeme
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Many thanks Ronni
Problem solved
As a PC user for 20 years I have much to learn

Graeme
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Hi Graeme,

Please see 

 for more info on how to start your scan.

And read through here: 
 

Cheers,
Ronni
On 17/12/2009, at 4:18 PM, Graeme Winters wrote:

> I too have the IMAC 27 purchased December 09 and while I can print and copy I 
> cannot scan. Printer is an HP 5380 All in one
> 
> Graeme
> IMAc 27
> 3.06 GHz
> OS X 10.6.2
> 
> On 17/12/2009, at 9:02 PM, Pedro wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 16/12/2009, at 11:05 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi folks,
>>> 
>>> A few months ago when I updated Mac OS (I think it was OSX 10.6) my older 
>>> HP multifuction printer would no longer work. I got a list of printers that 
>>> would work with OSX 10.6 from the HP website and shot down to Harvey 
>>> Norman. Got myself an HP C4480 All In One.
>>> 
>>> It printed and copied fine, but would not scan.
>>> I have emailed HP numerous times regarding this and also downloaded all the 
>>> updates.
>>> However I still have a printer that cannot scan.
>>> 
>>> I have decided to cut my losses and make another purchase.
>>> Can anyone please recommend one up to $120 that works totally with the 
>>> latest OSX ?
>>> I am happy to change brands if necessary (although I would prefer HP or 
>>> Canon)
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Stephen Chape
>>> 
>> 
>> Hi Stephan
>> 
>> I'm not sure if this will help your current situation but I bought a 
>> inexpensive HP all in one awhile back and was using
>> it on my MacBook using the included software.  For the price it worked fine 
>> although the software was a little flakey and not very user friendly.
>> 
>> When Snow Leopard was being released all the guru's on the list advised 
>> everyone to clean out their computers and do a little house work. One of the 
>> programmes  
>> that was not supported was the HP printer so I uninstalled the driver and 
>> waited until HP undated it. 
>> 
>> Once it was announced all their current printers were updated all I did was 
>> plug the printer into the usb port and OSX did the rest. It advised me that 
>> new software was 
>> available and I downloaded it and haven't looked back. It now prints and 
>> scans better than ever and it is all done through System Preferences 
>> 
>> Hope this helps
>> 
>> cheers
>> 
>> Pedro
>>> 



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I too have the IMAC 27 purchased December 09 and while I can print and copy I 
cannot scan. Printer is an HP 5380 All in one

Graeme
IMAc 27
3.06 GHz
OS X 10.6.2

On 17/12/2009, at 9:02 PM, Pedro wrote:

> 
> On 16/12/2009, at 11:05 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> A few months ago when I updated Mac OS (I think it was OSX 10.6) my older HP 
>> multifuction printer would no longer work. I got a list of printers that 
>> would work with OSX 10.6 from the HP website and shot down to Harvey Norman. 
>> Got myself an HP C4480 All In One.
>> 
>> It printed and copied fine, but would not scan.
>> I have emailed HP numerous times regarding this and also downloaded all the 
>> updates.
>> However I still have a printer that cannot scan.
>> 
>> I have decided to cut my losses and make another purchase.
>> Can anyone please recommend one up to $120 that works totally with the 
>> latest OSX ?
>> I am happy to change brands if necessary (although I would prefer HP or 
>> Canon)
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Stephen Chape
>> 
> 
> Hi Stephan
> 
> I'm not sure if this will help your current situation but I bought a 
> inexpensive HP all in one awhile back and was using
> it on my MacBook using the included software.  For the price it worked fine 
> although the software was a little flakey and not very user friendly.
> 
> When Snow Leopard was being released all the guru's on the list advised 
> everyone to clean out their computers and do a little house work. One of the 
> programmes  
> that was not supported was the HP printer so I uninstalled the driver and 
> waited until HP undated it. 
> 
> Once it was announced all their current printers were updated all I did was 
> plug the printer into the usb port and OSX did the rest. It advised me that 
> new software was 
> available and I downloaded it and haven't looked back. It now prints and 
> scans better than ever and it is all done through System Preferences 
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> cheers
> 
> Pedro
>> 
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On 16/12/2009, at 11:05 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:Hi folks,A few months ago when I updated Mac OS (I think it was OSX 10.6) my older HP multifuction printer would no longer work. I got a list of printers that would work with OSX 10.6 from the HP website and shot down to Harvey Norman. Got myself an HP C4480 All In One.It printed and copied fine, but would not scan.I have emailed HP numerous times regarding this and also downloaded all the updates.However I still have a printer that cannot scan.I have decided to cut my losses and make another purchase.Can anyone please recommend one up to $120 that works totally with the latest OSX ?I am happy to change brands if necessary (although I would prefer HP or Canon)Regards,Stephen ChapeHi StephanI'm not sure if this will help your current situation but I bought a inexpensive HP all in one awhile back and was usingit on my MacBook using the included software.  For the price it worked fine although the software was a little flakey and not very user friendly.When Snow Leopard was being released all the guru's on the list advised everyone to clean out their computers and do a little house work. One of the programmes  that was not supported was the HP printer so I uninstalled the driver and waited until HP undated it. Once it was announced all their current printers were updated all I did was plug the printer into the usb port and OSX did the rest. It advised me that new software was available and I downloaded it and haven't looked back. It now prints and scans better than ever and it is all done through System Preferences Hope this helpscheersPedro    -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --Archives - Guidelines - Unsubscribe - 
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Hi Stephen,


I think you are still trying to scan using the HP Scan Pro application, that 
application no longer works in Snow Leopard. 
If you want to continue using this version, you need to use one of the four 
methods to scan:
1. Preview.app
2. Image Capture.app
3. In Print & Fax preferences
4. In the printer proxy.

There are more detailed instruction in the document here:
 

OR:
You could try the new updated Drivers from HP for your C4480 All-In-One 
Printer. It does say OS X 10.6 compatible.
This seems to solve the problem but scanning is now a self contained 
application and not part of the HP photosmart studio software.



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On 16/12/2009, at 11:05 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:

> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> A few months ago when I updated Mac OS (I think it was OSX 10.6) my older HP 
> multifuction printer would no longer work. I got a list of printers that 
> would work with OSX 10.6 from the HP website and shot down to Harvey Norman. 
> Got myself an HP C4480 All In One.
> 
> It printed and copied fine, but would not scan.
> I have emailed HP numerous times regarding this and also downloaded all the 
> updates.
> However I still have a printer that cannot scan.
> 
> I have decided to cut my losses and make another purchase.
> Can anyone please recommend one up to $120 that works totally with the latest 
> OSX ?
> I am happy to change brands if necessary (although I would prefer HP or Canon)
> 
> Regards,
> Stephen Chape



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Stephen
Does your multifunction printer have a wireless facility and are you 
using it?
I have an Epson with wireless and could not get the scan to work until 
Epson informed me of a bit of software that was part of the driver 
download and was located in Utilies.  With this Epson Scan applic I was 
able to confirm a connection between my computer and the scanner.  Up 
until then I could print but not scan.

Do you have such and appl?  HP Scan or whatever?
Merv

Stephen Chape wrote:


Hi folks,

A few months ago when I updated Mac OS (I think it was OSX 10.6) my 
older HP multifuction printer would no longer work. I got a list of 
printers that would work with OSX 10.6 from the HP website and shot down 
to Harvey Norman. Got myself an HP C4480 All In One.


It printed and copied fine, but would not scan.
I have emailed HP numerous times regarding this and also downloaded all 
the updates.

However I still have a printer that cannot scan.

I have decided to cut my losses and make another purchase.
Can anyone please recommend one up to $120 that works totally with the 
latest OSX ?
I am happy to change brands if necessary (although I would prefer HP or 
Canon)


Regards,
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I have four Kyoceras on my office network. One got a bit dodgy after  
2.5 years getting a bit of toner on the reverse of the print jobs  
though that was put down to generic toner. I'm not so sure. Otherwise  
they have been great.


DD

On 29/10/2009, at 14:05, Martin Sulkowski wrote:


hi everyone

I'm looking for a Laserprinter black and white.

Does anyone know how Kyocera works with MAC.

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Re: Printers for Leopard 10.5

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On 05/02/2008, at 2:59 PM, Chris Burton wrote:


Hi everyone

My small lexmark inkjet has no driver that will work with Leopard  
and Lexmark havnt even got one on their list to do!


I went into Hardleys in Busselton today and they must have about 30  
different machines on show. Im not sure which one as none have info  
on the box that they work with 10.5. Some say 10.3.x. or 10.4.x and  
upwards with icons of MaxOs and Universal.


If someone as experience on this can you please advise on a good  
reliable brand that does work with Leopard? Im looking for colour  
(separate inks I think) and with scanning and copying. I have a fax  
and I download my images direct to my MBP.


There are also a few now that work wirelessly including bluetooth!

kind regards and thanks for any help

chris




I can't speak for Lexmark, but any printer made by any of the "Big  
Three" (Epson, Canon, HP) should work fine. Many printer drivers  
released for the Mac now are CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System)  
drivers, and the support for CUPS is supplied by Apple rather than the  
printer manufacturer.


I have just bought a nice new Canon MP970 Printer/Scanner on the  
weekend. The printer worked fine from Leopard with the supplied  
software out of the box, but I had to go to Canons site and download  
the Leopard drivers for the scanner and network support. They also had  
updated drivers for the printer, both Canon and CUPS varieties,  
although the printer worked just fine using the (10.4) drivers  
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[Lloyd White]

Hi Ken,

I  have one and it does everything right. Has six separate ink cartridges
and they get used pretty quickly. There seems to be no alternative
cartridges so you must buy Epson. Somewhere around $20 each from my local
PO. But the quality is great.
It has attachments built if for slides and transparencies for scanning and
it will print on CDs.
Printer drivers work on Mac with no problem.

I use my Brother Laser 2040 (cheap) for B&W daily printing - cheaper and
faster.
Hope this helps.
Lloyd 




> Hi all 
> 
> Am considering a new printer and would like peoples comments on the Epson
> Stylus Photo RX650.
> 
> Has any body had any experience with it, or perhaps have some info (good or
> bad) they would 
> like to share.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ken
>
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Re: Printers

[Brian scott]

Hi Ken,

I've been using one for printing on my DVD's for several months now.

The Epson software is adequate for what  I want for printing DVD's  
but if it
doesn't suit you, there are other applications to choose from such as  
Disc Cover



Apart from the occasional paper print and scan that's all I've used  
it for.


At times it will report a paper jam while trying to print a DVD or it  
say the
DVD tray isn't in correctly when there's nothing really wrong but it  
does the job quite well.


And once while it had the original cartridges in it blocked up  
temporarily but it soon cleared

didn't do it again and hasn't done so since I changed to new cartridges.

Apart from those very minor gripes I'm quite pleased with it.

Hopefully someone will comment on the RX650's ability to scan film as  
I've not tried that yet.


Hope that's some help

Brian

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Hi all

Am considering a new printer and would like peoples comments on the  
Epson Stylus Photo RX650.


Has any body had any experience with it, or perhaps have some info  
(good or bad) they would

like to share.

Regards

Ken

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Re: Printers

[Mervyn & Giuliana Bond]

At 9:09 AM +0800 18/8/03, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
Have a look at the HP PSC1210. This is a small multifunction device 
(claims to be the smallest available) combining printing, scanning 
and copying functions. You should be able to get one for under $200 
(if not, please let me know!). The printing quality from this thing 
is superb, and quite fast (I printed an A4 photo in around 40 
seconds) and the quality is equal to my Canon S520, the equivalent 
of which costs twice as much (and only prints). All the software is 
MacOS X native, and you get the excellent ReadIris OCR software with 
it (instead of the awful, awful OmniPage Lite which afflicts other 
products.


Peter
Will the ReadIris OCR software work with an Epson 1260 Photo scanner? 
Most sites seem to have it packaged with the HP peripherals.

Merv

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Re: Printers

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On Sunday, August 17, 2003, at 08:35 AM, Bill Parker wrote:



Having nearly been in need of psychatric care following another 
"episode" with my bloody awful Epson 670 printer,  I though I'd buy 
another one.


I am looking for a low end beast,  colour Ink Jet.   Are there any 
websites with reviews that anyone can recommend,  or indeed a printer? 
  As you might guess,  I have no love of Epson!




Have a look at the HP PSC1210. This is a small multifunction device 
(claims to be the smallest available) combining printing, scanning and 
copying functions. You should be able to get one for under $200 (if 
not, please let me know!). The printing quality from this thing is 
superb, and quite fast (I printed an A4 photo in around 40 seconds) and 
the quality is equal to my Canon S520, the equivalent of which costs 
twice as much (and only prints). All the software is MacOS X native, 
and you get the excellent ReadIris OCR software with it (instead of the 
awful, awful OmniPage Lite which afflicts other products.


The only problem I have seen with it is a tendency to grab more than 
one sheet at a time when printing, but hey, we are talking about 
low-end here, right?





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Re: Printers

[Shay Telfer]

Having nearly been in need of psychatric care following another 
"episode" with my bloody awful Epson 670 printer,  I though I'd buy 
another one.


I am looking for a low end beast,  colour Ink Jet.   Are there any 
websites with reviews that anyone can recommend,  or indeed a 
printer?   As you might guess,  I have no love of Epson!


Having bought an HP for my folks the other day, they seem quite cheap 
(well, ok, the printer is free, you're only really paying for the ink 
cartridges), and it works with OS X.


At 13:37 +0800 15/8/2003, Keith Palmer, Zytech wrote:
OfficeWorks have an HP 3325 inkjet printer going out for $49 GST inc 
which is less than HP's wholesale price.  The ink cartridges alone 
have a wholesale price of $58 before GST so at this price it is a 
bargain.


Plug'n'play in OS X  great little printers.

Keith Palmer
Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd
PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231
Phone: 08 9791 5556  Fax: 08 9791 5900
the online data storage & technology store -
http://www.zytech.com.au/


Have fun,
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RE: Printers

[Katinka Mills]

> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Hawkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, 12 March 2003 7:15 AM
> To: wamug
> Subject: Re: Printers
>
>
>
> I strongly recommend that before you buy, you actually see the printer
> working while connected to a computer that has the same OS as yours. In my
> experience, not all HP and Epson printers have drivers available and the
> printers do not work in any way that is acceptable (would you believe 15
> minutes per page a little while ago for one?) despite claims on the box.
>
> Michael.

Also if your printer has the space for extra ram, max it out, I pulled the
ram out of an old LCIII (32Mb DIMM) and put it into my Brother HL1440 so now
it has 34Mb and I can now print PDF's with all the graphics at full speed.

Even though the computer (be it Mac, Win, *nix) does the processing of the
data to raster, the more memory the more lines you can hold :o)



Regards,

Kat.

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Re: Printers

[Michael Hawkins]

I strongly recommend that before you buy, you actually see the printer
working while connected to a computer that has the same OS as yours. In my
experience, not all HP and Epson printers have drivers available and the
printers do not work in any way that is acceptable (would you believe 15
minutes per page a little while ago for one?) despite claims on the box.

Michael.

Re: Printers & scanners

[Katinka Mills]

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 23:01, John Currie wrote:
Hi all comments in OP
> G'day all
> A friend is seeking my advice on purchasing a printer and scanner
> He has looked at the following Budget for two items around $800
> he has iMac with 8.6
>
>
> HP Desksjet 948C Printer
> HP Scanjet 5400C

Most new HP Ink Jets have a new contact system which "damages" the cartridge 
(the claim the new system gives better print head holder to print head 
contact. But this limits the amount of time the cartridge can be taken out 
and put back in (not good if you swap between colour and large black and 
photo etc)

I have a 5400C and only have one grip (could be my firmware revision) when 
running on USB (both in winblows 2k and FreeBSD) the first scan is great, 
does not take long once the lamp warms up, but subsiquent scans it sits for 
around 2 -4 minutes before proceding to scan. I prefer the older scanners, 
but the ones after the 5400C may have fixed this issue.

I loved HP a long time ago, I am just retiring a HP 4L (due to a bad memory 
module and old age (it is ~ 10 years old and has done over well over 900,000 
pages which is good going by todays laser printers standards))

Unfortunately I have no direct experiance with Epson, I do know that for a 
while they beat Canon and HP hands down on photo images (no one else cam 
close) but things have probably changed.

Regards,

Kat.



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RE: Printers ???

[Andrew Nielsen]

At 11:53 +0800 07/04/2002, Kathy Quinlan wrote:

Apsfilter handles the conversions for me :o)(it runs the document through
Ghost Script to change to plain text)


Good, so you should have no difficulties then.
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RE: Printers ???

[Kathy Quinlan]

Hi Andrew,

Apsfilter handles the conversions for me :o)(it runs the document through
Ghost Script to change to plain text)

Regards,

Kat.



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> To: Kathy Quinlan; Wamug
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>
> You'd need LaserWriter 8 on the LC III (gasp, someone's actually
> still using one of those).
>
> netatalk would then need to be configured to publish an
> AppleTalk-based printer spooler for the printer, and to handle the
> Postscript interpretation (not sure that the printer you've mentioned
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Re: Printers ???

[Andrew Nielsen]

You'd need LaserWriter 8 on the LC III (gasp, someone's actually 
still using one of those).


netatalk would then need to be configured to publish an 
AppleTalk-based printer spooler for the printer, and to handle the 
Postscript interpretation (not sure that the printer you've mentioned 
has Postscript).

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