[Gimp-user] Need new printer

2009-10-23 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; My old and very faithful Epson C82 has apparently lost its printhead, it has plenty of ink according to mtink, but every time I clean the heads, fewer nozzles work, and the amanda backup report was printed without ink this morning. So, I brought up from its storage in the basement,

Re: [Gimp-user] Need new printer

2009-10-23 Thread Bob Meetin
I can't speak to the latest models, but I have an Epson Stylus Photo R-200 and for scanning an Epson Perfection 4490 Photo, also a lcd projector. The printer works with my linux pc which is one of the reasons for purchasing epson. I bought all as refurbished, through whatever is the

Re: [Gimp-user] Need new printer

2009-10-23 Thread Chris Mohler
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com wrote: I've always been fond of Epsons, so which of the current models on the shelf can do good photo quality work at a reasonable cost for expendables?  By reasonable, that is in comparison to the about $80 USD for a full

Re: [Gimp-user] Need new printer

2009-10-23 Thread Norman Silverstone
I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that it is cheaper to have my photos printed by one of the on-line organisations than to pay the exorbitant prices charged for inks. A set of inks for my Epson Stylus Photo R300 is over £50 which is a lot of commercially printed photos and that's without the