Mark Knecht wrote: > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:52 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Dominic Kexel wrote: >> >>> That's right, i totaly agree. If you buy a HP-printer, you (almost) can't >>> do something wrong. I am using a HP Deskjet F2180 (40€). Printing and >>> scanning both work without problems. >>> >>> On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:00:28 -0800 >>> "Manuel McLure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >> I have a HP Deskjet D4260 that I got from newegg for less than $50.00. >> It works very well. Before that I had a little Deskjet 3820 which I had >> for years. It finally lost its head. Turn it on and it just goes from >> side to side until I cut it off. The 4260 also has the option of using >> the hi yield cartridges too. It can print for a long time without >> running out of ink. >> >> I think if you get a HP printer, you will do all right. I wouldn't get >> the latest thing unless I checked for drivers first tho. Also, to get >> my old 3820 to work, I googled for the ppd file and put it in the right >> place for cups. That was before hplip came out. I don't remember >> having to do that with the 4260. >> >> Hope that helps give you some ideas. >> >> Dale >> >> > > Thanks Dale, and everyone who suggests HP. This is probably the best > way to go if he decides to stay with an inexpensive ink-jet. > > I'm intrigued by Albert's suggestion to look for a $400 color laser > printer. It's not a great solution for my house by my Dad's flush so > he might like that sort of solution. > > A question I have about laser printers, from the old days whn I had > one, is aren't they really pretty bad reliability for low print volume > applications. My old laser printer, made by some off-brand company > that was early into the Postscript clone game, was that the rollers > very quickly got flat spots because we didn't print every day. When we > would print the paper wouldn't feed correctly and the quality was bad. > I don't think my Dad is going to print more than 2-3 pages/day on > average and since they travel now and again it could sit idle for a > week or two. > > I suppose I could make some sort of cron job that printed one page a > day if that was a reasonable solution. > > Very interested in your ideas and greatful for all the responses. > > Cheers, > Mark >
I have a friend that owned a business that was closed on weekends. Every Monday we had to fan the paper and take out the toner cartridge and give it a little shake. I have heard that if it is a humid location that you either have to leave the printer on or print a lot. The claim was the toner would start to clump from the moister in the air. I have never seen that happen myself. That was a long time ago and surely by now they have fixed those "issues". Laser is good but also keep your light bill in mind. They do use a good bit more electricity. Dale :-) :-)
