On 10/27/2015 10:16 AM, japuzzo wrote:
I've had it with my HP deskjet 6000, it works fine for a network printer.
But the HP tax is painful when you have two kids in school and a wife
who is a teacher.
The XL Black cartage costs $65 and only lasts A few months.
I do not refill nor trust "re-filled" cartages since if they clog the
head it voids support.
So is there a better more cost effective network printer that has CUPS
support?
We only need the basics, 300dpi and colour would be nice. But not
looking for a photo printer.
I would prefer there NOT be a discussion on re-filling HP cartages.
I want a discussion of modern network printers that support F/OSS aka
CUPS or similar Linux printing.
I have had good luck with Brother printers for Linux support, they
specifically have Linux drivers
(http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/linux/en/index.html?c=us_ot&lang=en&comple=on&redirect=on).
They even have models that use separate cartridges for each colour,
rather than one multi-color cartridge.
The major problem I've encountered with the all-in-ones is that when one
cartridge runs out it might lock you out of all the other functions
(scanning and fax) until you replace the cartridge. Never mind that you
don't need ink for those, it's just going to be a PITA and sulk until it
gets a new cartridge. My brother has encountered this more on his; I
think because mine was intended as a workgroup printer (11x17 scanner
platten, & can print tabloid paper).
For the most part I don't use my printer for printing photos (I have,
just not very much). It's way easier for me to pre-crop digital
pictures and then upload them to my local CVS. Too much trouble to
fight with the printer for more than a couple pictures.
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