Printer Question

[Juan R. de Silva]

On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:22:05 -0500, Wade Smart wrote:

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> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Robert Holtzm <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 05:57:43PM +0000, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
>>> On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 05:51:28 -0700, Barry Premeaux wrote:
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>>> I had before HP OfficeJet. It is a common consensus that HP is well
>>> supported in Linux. In my experience however the Brother drivers are
>>> way, way better then hplip. My HP OfficeJet did not have built-in
>>> duplex and I had to use hplip provided manual "duplex" option. That is
>>> printing first odd pages, then turning the pile over and printing the
>>> even pages. hplip always screwed it up giving me headache. I not only
>>> had to turn the whole pile over but I had to turn each page up down
>>> too. That was a nightmare.
>>>
>>> Speaking of quality of the printer itself, there is no way HP flimsy
>>> printers can come even close with the quality of my Brother MFC. Very
>>> sturdy build, reliable workhorse. I have a laser All-in-One with
>>> duplex built-in (no wireless) and, since I get it on sale, it cost me
>>> much less than the flimsy HP OfficeJet. After I've discovered for
>>> myself Brother MFCs, I'd never go back to any of HP products.
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>> Looking at their web site I see no inkjet printers. I have no
>> experience with laserjets. How do they work with long (weeks/months)
>> periods of inactivity?
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> My laser will sit for several weeks between use. Same as ink: turn it
> on, warm it up, print.

My MFC-7460DN is a laser. I have with it same experience. No problems for 
sitting quietly for several weeks. Good on toner. Overall quality of the 
machine, as I already mentioned, is excellent, gives no chance to HP crap.

In my past as Windows user I mostly used Cannon printers and had very 
good experience with them and very high esteem for their quality. I've 
stopped using them since I switched to Linux years ago, since there is no 
Linux support. Thus I do not know what their are now.

Many posters praise their Epsons. I've never used them. I never liked the 
idea to ditch a printer just because the printer head has died. 

What's to the ink. After I get my laser I would never back to any ink jet.