buying a printer

[Preston Hagar]

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:

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>         Any new printer will work with Linux now. So find what you
> can afford and if what you buy is new it will work.
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> 73 Karl
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>        Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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This is not true and you should not trust it.  For an example, NewEgg
current sells the Lexmark x6650:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828106502&cm_re=lexmark-_-28-106-502-_-Product

It is also still listed as a current printer on Lexmark's page:

http://www1.lexmark.com/products/view/All-in-Ones/Lexmark%20X6650/catId=cat10004-category&prodId=4427-product

But, on openprinting.com, it is listed as a paperweight (it doesn't work at
all, even a little in Linux):

http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Lexmark-X6650

If you want to be sure, www.openprinting.org is a good place to start, but
as I said in an earlier email, older HPs that support PostScript printing
are always a safe bet.

Preston
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