[ale] printers

[Jim Kinney]

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.

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.

Avoid the sub-$70 printers as they just eat cartridges (all brands) and have
really crappy paper handling.

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com>
wrote:

> ok, so this has probably been beaten to death numerous times.. My wife
> thinks
> we need another printer.. my workhorse Epson 880 is having issues... blue
> lines across the pages...
> I saw a really neat Lexmark Wireless at Sams, X7550, but it looks like a
> paperweight for Linux.
> I need a cheap, workhorse day-to-day printer that won't eat my alive with
> cartridge costs.. would be nice if it worked with Linux,
> networking/wireless
> is even better, but not necessary. I was able to share my HP 8510 photo
> printer, so my wife can print from her laptop, but I sorta want to save
> that
> one for photos... and those cartridges aren't cheap!
> I've had good luck with the Epsons, but they aren't the best for linux..
>
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