Hi Lance The Canon S520 has 4 seperate ink tanks (CMYK), and is economical. I have the Canon S4500, which is the (slightly older) A3 version. It's fantastic. The print head is separate to the ink cartridge, (as opposed to built in, like many other brands, including older Canon's). The colour print head seems to last about 5 ink cartridges. The black PH lasts a bit longer (maybe up to 10). Then it starts to get a bit 'liney'. Check www.corpcons.co.nz for ink tank prices. Ink tanks model# is BCI-3e(C,M,Y, and BK).
All Canons that I've tried, even the old 4200 work fine under Mandrake, RH, and Knoppix. But the S4500 A3 had problems with the print being stretched to A3 width when printing a standard A4 page. (I never did get to the bottom of that!) Hope this helps! Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Lance Blackler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:03 PM > To: clug > Subject: Inkjet printers - Recommendations? > > > Hi all > > I am about tp purchase a new inkjet - my old HP670C having > finally given up. > > Does anyone have recommendations - especially in regard to > ongoing costs - economy of ink replacement and of course Linux > compatibility. > > I have heard that some of the cannon printers are very > economical, but noit sure yet which models. > > Thanks for any ideas. > > Lance Blackler > -- > ______________________________________________ > http://www.linuxmail.org/ > Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr > > Powered by Outblaze > >
