<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 5:14 PM, JK <<a href="mailto:jknapka@kneuro.net">jknapka@kneuro.net</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;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
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> You (almost) can't go wrong with Epson. They have great Linux/cups support.<br>
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</div>I went wrong with Epson. Got a CX8400 on sale, but its photo output<br>
really, really sucks. Visible stripes on every print :-( Text is OK,<br>
though. (Could using the wrong paper cause the striping issue?)</blockquote><div><br>Possibly. If the paper feed is off, you get gaps and overprints in the head travel direction. Stripes perpendicular to the head travel are usually head alignment issues and the calibration tools must be used. <br>
<br>I have found with ink jets that using the cheap paper will give crappy image results. I've had good success with the Office Depot brand inkjet paper for basic document printing. I've had great success with HP double-sided glossy brochure paper in an HP printer (and a Brother color laser printer).<br>
<br>I've had good success with Kodak photo-paper in the HP printer as well. The store-brand photo paper was streaky.<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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-- JK<br>
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