On 12/10/2013 06:01 PM, Philip Webb wrote: > My ancient printer's ink cartridge has finally dried up > & the mobo in my regular computer accepts only USB. > I don't do much printing, but occasionally need a few pages. > > The local store has an HP Deskjet 2510 on sale this week. > > Does anyone have thoughts or suggestions ? >
I got tired of dried out cartridges years ago, and bought a Dell colour laser. It was humongous, I got rid of it last year. Then about two months later I went to print something and went "Oh, yeah..." I found a HP colour laserjet on sale for $145 (it was actually cheaper than the entry level HP B&W lasers at the time) and hooked it up using hplip. That's probably a lot more than an inkjet, but if it costs you $50 a page due to dried ink, a couple of times pays for a laser. http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/laserjet/hp_laserjet_cp1025.html At least I don't have to worry about cartridges drying up, and this printer is a LOT smaller than the one I had. As a bonus, I found out KitKat can print to this printer using the included HP drivers, if that's an issue for you. Was weird printing a recipe from my phone! Dan
