Anita, Hi Scott: HP Printers are Linux Frie...

[Anita Kuno]

Thanks for the information on printers. It is nice to know that some
companies make things easy for us.

Cheers,
Anita.

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Alfred <alfred.s at nexicom.net> wrote:

> Gee this looked like something I would write, I did, I did! Alfred!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mr. C clark <c_dive at hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
> <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Anita, Hi Scott: HP Printers are Linux Frie...
> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:48:33 -0500
>
> Anita,
>
> Hi Scott:
>
> HP Printers are Linux Friendly and will usually work right out of the
> box. If you don't do much printing, get the cartridge with a print-head
> in it. Ink Tank Printers XOR Cartridge with Print head printers, have a
> little pump in them, and the bottom of the printer has a hose to a piece
> of felt. Here with little use the Ink Dries out and clogs the hose,
> making the print head Clog up too. (With no way to unclog it) Canon
> Printers are usually the Ink tank Type of printer, however the Dried Ink
> is not Gummy, and I'm using an S750, and it works just fine with the
> S630 Driver. In newer Versions of Ubuntu it may detect the printer and
> then download the driver, that is needed. Ep* printers do a real nice
> job of printing, provided that you do a whole bunch of printing. Ep*
> Printers have to be taken apart to clean the print head. Canon Printers
> that use Ink tanks have in most cases removable print heads, that are
> then easy to Clean, and you don't need to take the whole printer apart
> to get to the print head. Several newer Printers have Dongles on the
> Printer Ink Tank, such as Ep* and you would need a Chip Resetter to take
> the Cartridge out to clean the attached print head, and then put it back
> in, so it works again. Many Newer Ink Jet Printers are very hard to
> refill, where as older Printers like the Canon 1000 or 2000 can be
> refilled almost a Thousand times, before the print head fails. These had
> Aluminium Heatsinks on the Printhead, so they lasted much longer than 8
> times. (these had BC03 - Cartridges with a big reservoir, and Aluminium
> Heatsink on the print head.) They were either Black or Colour.
>
> 2nd Hand Shops are good places to buy Printers. prices are $5.00 to
> $15.00 and you get something a bit older, easier to refill.  If it don't
> work $5.00 was not much to loose. Make sure there is a filled Cartridge
> with the 2nd hand one, otherwise you are making a $50.00 Gamble buying a
> cartridge for a printer that may not work! A used Business Printer
> usually has very big Ink Tanks. You fill them or replace them once a
> year.
>
> New ones Canon, HP are good in most cases, Lex*  may not be Linux
> Friendly, yes there are drivers for Linux, but my results were not that
> good!
>
> Brother Printers most have Linux Drivers (not all). Like HP, Brother has
> Laser Printers too. Most will work with Linux. Check out the Websites of
> HP, Brother, and Canon. Also Check for www.linuxprinting.org they have a
> list there with things that work and Don't work! (Canon's Website does
> not sport Linux Drivers last time I looked!)
>
> Hope this helps a bit.
>
> Alfred!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott
> Reply-To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
>
> To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
> Subject: Good Affordable Printer
> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:46:53 -0400
> Mailer: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080925)
>
> I'm looking for a good affordable (Hopefully $50 or under) printer that
> works well with Kubuntu.  I don't need any other features, just need it
> to print.  I also don't care about the price of ink as I don't print
> very often and know the lower the price the higher the price of ink.
>
> I would prefer a printer that works out of the box with Kubuntu from a
> company that is Linux friendly, but that I consider a bonus.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> --
> Your friend,
> Scott
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