Printer

[alfred]

-----Original Message-----
From: Brent Hughes <brent-hughes at shaw.ca>
Reply-to: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
<ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: Printer
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:09:32 -0700
Mailer: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817)


Raymond,

I second the Brother printer recommendation and add Samsung too. Stay 
away from Lexmark and Canon as from personal experience I found little 
or no functionality with these two brands.

Brent

Hi:

I did a little bit of Ink Jet Cartridge refilling over the last 10
years. At a Dump down the road I found an S-750. I took the print head
out, cleaned it, and it works ever since, using the S-630 Driver, in
Linux. Not bad for a $2.00 Printer. All the older Canon Printers I have
worked very well with Linux. The BJC-2000 could make use of a Big Ink
Tank Cartridge. At one place I refilled the cartridge 87 times, before
it Died! The Aluminum Heat Sink causes the thing to last just about for
ever! In secondhand stores you can find them for $5.00. If you just
want Black this is a Good one. The Driver for the S-750 works now very
well in Colour, and BW. Ink you can get from IMS, LLC 1-888-304-6125 or
www.ims-ink.com They have a kit of refill in for $35.00 meant for 3
Colour and 5 Colour Printers, with a little book for refilling
questions. One kit lasts more than a year. The S-750 or the S series
use large ink tanks and the 3e Cartridges, cheaper than Print Head
Cartridges, easy to refill. A canon 1000 or 2000 Printer can make use
of the BC-03 Cartridge. It takes enough Ink to keep it running 1/2 a
year or more in BW.

Brother Printers check for the drivers on their Web Site because, not
all of them work with Linux.

Epson is very good if you are going to do a lot of printing with
Inkjets. Removing the print head is Major Surgery! It's very hard to
clean the print head, also the hose going from the pump to the Felt
Block gets Dried Ink in it and this makes the printer not work any more
without Major Surgery! Some of the newer Cartridges from Epson are
designed to complicate Refilling. 

HP Printers work very well with Linux. Scanners used to work well, I
might need a new Scanner because Xsane driver no longer works with my
HP scanner.

Alfred!