HP Deskjet 3420 and Tascam

[Dotan Cohen]

On 14/10/06, Felipe Hickmann <feclips at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, this is my first post here. I'm a beginner in Ubuntu, and
> unfortunately I couldn't leave Windows because of two problems.
>
> The first, as described here:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/23099
>
> Some HP printers (including mine, Deskjet 3420) simply don't use the
> black cartridges. When there is some black text, it prints it with the
> colour cartridges, and that's really expensive. Seems like this
> problem still happens in the beta for 6.10 version, Edgy Eft. Anyone
> have any ideas?

I would contact HP about that- I think that is one of the few examples
where a manufacturer has taken the time to write it's own drivers for
linux. Let them know so that they can fix the problem at the source.

Do you print very often? I mean, if that's what's holding you back,...

Dotan Cohen

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