Guess I should have mentioned that mine is in fact wireless. By the way, this http://goo.gl/k938g came in this morning's email. Looks like some really good deals in there. Great time to be in the market for a printer I guess.
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Barry Roberts <b...@robertsr.us> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Brett Rasmussen <brett.rasmus...@twoedge.com >> wrote: > >> All, thanks much for your suggestions. >> >> I don't use or research printers very often, so I don't really know the >> whole state of affairs. Hence a couple of what might seem obvious >> questions: >> >> It seems to be my experience that people with inkjet printers are always >> buying new cartridges, and that laser printers are more expensive per >> cartridge but they last a lot longer. >> > > Generally true, but not always. HP (and maybe others) have made their > toner cartridges "smart" and they refuse to print well before the page > quality even begins to degrade. If you're a print quality purist, that's > great, if you're (I'm) a cheapskate, it's really annoying. Supposedly > there are simple hacks that work around that, but I've never tried them. > > Also, laser printers seem to pump out a lot more pages per minute than >> inkjets. >> > > I haven't used an injket in years because I hate them all with a fiery > burning passion. But it used to be the case that most laser printers had a > longer startup time than most inkjet printers. Some manufacturers are > claiming they don't do that any more, but I don't believe them yet. > > >> >> Dale's got a Brother all-in-one that's inkjet, and Henry's dad has a >> Brother laser printer, both of which work well wirelessly, so it seems a >> Brother that combines the two would likely work just fine. Anyone else >> have any specific models (HP or Brother or whatever) that they've just >> loved and think I should look into? >> > > I have an HP Color LaserJet 2840. I've had it for several years, and > printing and scanning work great with Linux. I haven't even tried the fax > capability, but it is supposed to work. Even though the size, noise, and > "smart" cartridges give me a rash, I have to admit it has been a solid, > reliable, high-quality all-in-one. It's old enough it only has wired > network, so it's probably not an option for you unless you want to add a > wireless AP. But I think HP still makes some pretty good stuff, especially > if you buy their higher duty-cycle business models. I keep hearing that > their consumer-oriented stuff has gone way downhill since the IIIp my > mother-in-law has been happily using for 20 years. > > FWIW, > Barry > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
