Choosing a new printer/all-in-one

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:44:23 +0100, Leo Noordhuizen wrote:

> In another thread I asked about the support for Canon printers in Linux.
> Specifically of the iP4500 printer.
> As it turns out the support isnt as wished for, and as the printer is
> starting to make 'funny' noises, is getting  a bit old, AND it seems to
> consume ink like an alcoholic,
> It may be time to replace my iP 4500 and Scanjet G3010 (which is taking
> up too much place for the little use it gets anyway) by one of those
> All-in-ones...
> 
> Now the big questions is which one should I go for....
> 
> My wishlist:
> 
>    - Double-sided printing, as silent as possible, with a reasonable
>    speed and of course good quality
>    - Occasionally printing a photo
>    - Good Linux support
>    - Occasionally scanning (and possibly printing) (multi-color) text -
>    Preferably the scanner use LED instead of the time-consuming older
>    means of lighting the original
>    - Of course low ink cost ( :) )
>    - Nice to have: printing on CD and DVD
> 
> Canon has a unit which seems to fullfil this list quite nicely, apart
> from the Linux support, so that wouldnt be my first choice.
> 
> Of course there is also the question of availability, price and
> resulting quality of prints when using third party ink. I know that the
> price difference between original and third party ink can be a factor of
> 3...
> 
> Any advice regarding this would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.canon-europe.com/Support/Software/Linux/PIXMA/index.asp might 
help.

Good luck!

    -Frans