Check out the stuff from Samsung and Brother. Samsung has a color laser printer this is quite nice for only a few hundred ($300 or so) and brother has a nice duplexing model with networking for $500. Both have Linux support and/or straight postscript. Cartridges for both are very low cost compared to others.<br>
<br>If you're doing loads of photo printing, ink jet is the best choice for budget needs (except the cartridges are $$$ over time!). The newer Epson "R" series has outstanding output (even has a clear top coating for gloss and UV protection AND has archival inks). They have a "business class" setup that does very nice output and uses multi-tank inks (4 tanks) and are workhorse quality. Epson has solid support for cups drivers. The "R" series is for serious art-house stuff.<br>
<br>Avoid the sub-$70 printers as they just eat cartridges (all brands) and have really crappy paper handling.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Paul Cartwright <<a href="mailto:ale@pcartwright.com">ale@pcartwright.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">ok, so this has probably been beaten to death numerous times.. My wife thinks<br>
we need another printer.. my workhorse Epson 880 is having issues... blue<br>
lines across the pages...<br>
I saw a really neat Lexmark Wireless at Sams, X7550, but it looks like a<br>
paperweight for Linux.<br>
I need a cheap, workhorse day-to-day printer that won't eat my alive with<br>
cartridge costs.. would be nice if it worked with Linux, networking/wireless<br>
is even better, but not necessary. I was able to share my HP 8510 photo<br>
printer, so my wife can print from her laptop, but I sorta want to save that<br>
one for photos... and those cartridges aren't cheap!<br>
I've had good luck with the Epsons, but they aren't the best for linux..<br>
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