Re: [Hampshire] Linux printer recommendations.

2011-12-17 Thread Freaky Clown
I hate all printers - they are the only piece of technology that has not gotten significantly better in 5 years - however I recently HAD to buy a printer and was shocked at how easy the Kodak ESP 7250 was to get workign in linux - it literally was 30 seconds - I was gobsmacked. -- Please post to:

Re: [Hampshire] Linux printer recommendations.

2011-12-17 Thread Anton Piatek
I have an oldish Samsung bw laser, but it was trivial to make work in linux. Anton - Anton Piatek (sent from my phone, please excuse any typos) email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http:// www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) No trees were destroyed in

Re: [Hampshire] Linux printer recommendations.

2011-12-17 Thread hantslug
On Saturday 17 December 2011 16:11:41 Anton Piatek wrote: I have an oldish Samsung bw laser, but it was trivial to make work in linux. +1 Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL:

Re: [Hampshire] Linux printer recommendations.

2011-12-17 Thread Clive Woodfine
On 17 December 2011 16:08, Freaky Clown freakycl...@gmail.com wrote: I hate all printers - they are the only piece of technology that has not gotten significantly better in 5 years - however I recently HAD to buy a printer and was shocked at how easy the Kodak ESP 7250 was to get workign in

[Hampshire] Linux printer recommendations.

2011-12-10 Thread Clive Woodfine
My HP Photosmart 3300 All-in-One series has given up with Ink system failure warning error code oxc18a0401. I have searched for this but none of the solutions have worked. The printer is quite old so it is time for a new one. My requirement is for wireless, Photocopying, reasonable Photo printing

Re: [Hampshire] Linux printer recommendations.

2011-12-10 Thread Tony Wood
I'm rather pleased with my HP Deskjet 1050 (all-in-one) - very cheap IMHO. It replaced a very much dearer printer (and separate scanner) and worked out of the box with Ubuntu 11.10. Write off-list if you need more info. Tony Wood (from Linux Netbook) On 10/12/11 17:54, Clive Woodfine wrote:

Re: [Hampshire] Linux printer recommendations.

2011-12-10 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Clive, On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 05:54:54PM +, Clive Woodfine wrote: My HP Photosmart 3300 All-in-One series has given up with Ink system failure warning error code oxc18a0401. I have searched for this but none of the solutions have worked. The printer is quite old so it is time for a

Re: [Hampshire] Linux printer recommendations.

2011-12-10 Thread Clive Woodfine
On 10 December 2011 18:22, Andy Smith a...@strugglers.net wrote: Hi Clive, How many photos / colour jobs do you print? I ask because I am of the belief that a decent photo printer will be very expensive to run, so if you do it rarely you would be better off printing at a shop and get a