[aclug-L] Re: Which Color Printer?

["gLaNDix" <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i've had GREAT success w/ my EPSON Stylus COLOR 400...  it prints 720x720
dpi, and has been very reliable...  i had problems once w/ the print heads,
but Epson replaced them free of charge (i think the problem was a
user-caused problem tho!
 : ^ (

jesse


-----Original Message-----
From: James O. Harms <joharms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx <aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, October 07, 1999 10:09 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Which Color Printer?


>Nathan & Jenny wrote:
>>
>> Another question from a Linux novice.
>>
>> I need to get a color printer.  I'd like it to be capable of photographic
>> quality printing.  I like Hewlett Packard because it seems to be so
>> compatible with everything in MicroSoft land.  I've already seen the
>> Hardware Compatibility websites for Linux.  That seems to point to the HP
>> 600 series first.  What about the HP 700 series?
>>
>> What color printers are liked best by the more experienced Linux users?
>>
>> Learning Linux for relief.
>
>
>Check here: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi
>
>Avoid the HP 700 series, specifically the 710/712 and the 720/722.
>These require windows, altho there is a PBM2PPA driver that makes it
>possible to print b&w text (no color, no graphics) in Linux.
>
>The HP 800 series is more expensive than the 600 series, but the
>printers are faster, the ink cartridges bigger, and the technology
>newer.  Most of the 800 series are PCL printers, and Linux drivers are
>available.  (The HP 820 is an exception.  It requires windows like the
>710 and 720.) The HP 810/812 series works fine using the CDJ880 driver
>that was written for its big brother, the 880/882.
>
>Epson makes very fine, hi resolution printers that have long been
>favored by Linux users (possibly because there were drivers available
>early on), but some have had problems with the print heads clogging.  If
>this happens, there is no easy solution, since the print head is part of
>the carriage.
>
>