On Thursday 10 November 2005 16:47, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > > I'm surprised by the anti-HP comments. Have you had problems with HP on > > Mandriva before, or is the rumor-mill in action here. I've operated a > > LaserJet 6L for the last few years on Mandrake/Mandriva (from sometime in > > the 8.x timeframe), and replaced it with a HP Color LaserJet 2550 about > > two months ago. No problems with either of them. I realize the the 2550 > > is in a different price category than your Lexmark, but the point is that > > HPs are not the dogs you make them out to be. > > > > > Also and just FYI lexmark is working very hard (oposite to HP) to have > > > their products running with linux. So far they have developed drivers > > > for some of their products (not including E230) for a few distros (not > > > including Mndriva) and they provide a driver development kit for you to > > > have all you need to developed your own customized driver. > > > > Refer to above. > > I agree, I have hp printers laserjet and inkjet and an HP Presario Laptop > that all work very well in linux. HP even sells a laptop with linux > installed. I do not agree that lexmark are very good printers. They have in > the past sued a company for making ink cartridges that work on lexmark > printers. They lost thank heaven, but their DRM stance seems to be a bit on > the MS side of attitude.
:-) I wasn't the one praising Lexmark. That was quoted from Ricardo's email. I've got a Lexmark inkjet (my wife just had to have a color inkjet :-) ) My biggest problem with it (for the last five years), has been going through four sets of cartridges in the last two years. I think that's got more to do with living in the Mile High City and it's inherent dryness. The ink just can't stay liquid if the air sucks the moisture out. That's why I splurged on the color laser. The best of both worlds. Color for my wife, laser quality for me. Glenn -- 16:52:21 up 11 days, 22:40, running Mandriva Linux release 2006.0 (Official) for i586, kernel 2.6.12-12mdk Registered Linux user #324360 From listening comes wisdom and from speaking repentance.
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