[H-GEN] ink jet printer

[Joel Michael]

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On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 17:29, Sandra Milne wrote:
> If you ever plan to print using a Windohs PC, I recommend NOT purchasing a 
> Kyocera printer. We call techs out at least once a fortnight to fix 
> something *else* that has gone wrong with our Kyoceras. Lexmark printers 
> cost more, but we rarely have issues and the Lexmarks we have at work are 
> about 4 times as old as the Kyoceras.
> 
Hm, I've never had big problems with Kyocera + Windows.  I own a FS-3500
myself, and work has a KM-1510 (with ALL the printing options, including
the memory upgrade and network adapter).  The only problem I've had with
Kyocera + Windows is a truly bizarre intermittent thing with IE/Outlook
Express running on Win2K, where spaces "moved".  I haven't tracked down
the issue yet, but I heavily suspect old drivers to be the culprit.

But, as the original post was about colour inkjets...

HP DeskJets are pretty good.  I've got a 930 (I think) on the home
network here sitting on a Win98 machine, and I print quite happily to it
using CUPS + Gimp-Print (on Debian).  I've also got a Canon BubbleJet
6200 here on a Win2K machine, but I haven't tried printing to it yet. 
The 6200 is also good because all the colour tanks are separate, so you
only pay for what you use.

CUPS + Gimp-Print is your friend.  Things Just Work.
-- 
Joel Michael

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