On Wednesday, Oct 30, 2002, at 15:52 Europe/London, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> IMHO, all of the companies rip you off on ink cartridges. The printers > are cheap crap designed to eat carts. They should a leaf out of Lexmark's book. Their cartridges actually last quite a long time, and don't cost *too* much to replace. Shame no-one seems to like their printers just because they are not too good at photos. They make great small-time document printers. Also something you are maybe missing out on is that the DPI of printers has shot up in recent years from 300dpi to 2400dpi as standard. However, ink carts are not much bigger, so higher density print=more ink=faster usage. A good photo printer from Epson is still waaaayy cheaper than developing 35mm film and, for everyday use, is just as good on photo gloss paper. > I would have been willing to go with Canon for the seperate ink system, > but the drivers were not very good for UNIX systems (at the time > anyway). > Some of their printers look pretty cheap too. Lexmark's drivers are flawless and have been ever since OS X 10.0.4 -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> "Never send a human to do a machine's job." -The Matrix -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
