Not mention most inkjets <~$300 are going to be a pos regardless of manufacturer , Hp have bloody good Linux drivers and are helping with the OSS development re them . I was lucky enough to get hold of a HP 5550 at the start of last year .....I have just run out of black ink (IE the cartridge that was shipped) and all prints so far have pretty much been full res ....... And yes the DJ400 was a POS form the day it was released .....not to mention not exactly built to cope with office work :) (I had to think how long staff were waiting for prints) same pretty applied for the base 6* 8* series that followed them .....pretty much regardless of manufaturer you get what you pay for .
Dale. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Falconer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 8:57 AM Subject: RE: Lexmark X215 MFP > Dude - the deskjet 400 is over 10 years old and was a dog from the day it > was released. > > I remember a car rental company who used a single DJ400 as the office > printer, and went through up to three cartridges of ink a day. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Dunford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2004 9:58 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Lexmark X215 MFP > > > Jason Greenwood wrote: > > > Thanks for the input! It's going to be a mission to find an > > affordable, Linux Compatible, Laser based MFP, I can see that now. > > Bummer. I'd think there was a large market for it. > > > > I have never understood why Kiwi's are so enamored with Inkjets! The > > bloody cartridges are more than the printers!! I hate them, they are > > fiddly, expensive and a general PITA and their print quality in my > > experience aint great. > > > I'd go Canon for inkjets, much better than HP since my experiences with > the Deskjet 400, and there seem to be a few references to Linux drivers > on the net > > >
