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</LISTADMIN_WARNING> On Friday 30 September 2005 00:38, GOSSAMER PENGUIN wrote: > While refilled cartridges tend to give poor results nowadays many 3rd party > manufacturers make "compatible" cartiridges which are really good as far > as quality is concerned , other than that my present printer - an HP DJ > 3550 has been running on it's original cartridges for 1 + 1/2 yrs , i keep > it carefully > covered with it's cover when not in use - which is more than what i can say > for any printer i have owned other than dot-matrixes . > The hp drivers under CUPS under linux does deliver exceptional > quality > and functionality - far better than other's - but over all I would say that > printers are > - as a class - the most ill-supported peripheral - under the Unices . A > sorry > situation but -- . > - pinaki. > > >From: Manas Laha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] Epson Stylus C45 and Linux > >Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:53:46 +0530 > > > >GOSSAMER PENGUIN wrote: > >>Guys, > >> are u sure about the > >>quality/usability/running-cost/durablity/comaptibility > >>of these printers , my experience with Epson, Lexmark(compaq IJ600) and > >>Canon printers - which I have owned personally - has been very bad . My > >>old Epson stylus something gave > >>constant problems with it's head /cartridge and my canon sp2100 had very > >>expensive/difficult to obtain cartriges . Support was next to > >> non-existant for > >>them - let alone "Linux-Support" . > >> I have since then shifted to HP printers and scanners as well > >>which i find > >>are more broadly compatible has better drivers and thus better print > >>quality > >>under CUPS . The cartridges are easily refilled ( can do myself ) and > >> 3rd party > >>"compatible" cartridges are available . They are also faster ( DJ 3550 - > >>very fast ) > >>and simpler to maintain . > >> Just my own experience though - can't generalise for all > >> current models . > >>- pinaki. > > > >Thanks for the very interesting post. I have used a HP DJ600 in my office > >for many years and was very happy with the performance. My only grouse > >against HP inkjets was that the original HP cartridges were expensive and > >became gradually more so as the printer became obsolete. Also, I did not > >get good results with refilling, self or third party. > > > >You say that you get good results with the refills you do yourself. That's > >very encouraging news. What model is this printer? > > > >I shall be glad to have all the information you can give. I love HP > >barring the cost of its consumables! > > > >- Manas Laha > > For epson the third party cartridges are very good at about 100 a piece. The stylus series cartridges cannot be refilled in general... I did try. The CUPS drivers are being replaced with even better drivers. Linux support for printers is always good when the manufacturers are a bit open. In case of HP they have a linux division... but still they do not provide a linux driver. There are still other drivers from turbo-print....Do not install it with your existing drivers as you can get into big fix. A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
