[H-GEN] ink jet printer

[Rick Phillips]

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From: Majordomo [mailto:majordom at caliburn.humbug.org.au]On Behalf Of
Joel Michael
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 9:01 PM
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Subject: RE: [H-GEN] ink jet printer


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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.

We have two Kyocera's hard at work in this office - an FS680 (two years
old - 300
pages a day) and an FS1550 (four years old - light usage).  They are
certainly the
cheapest to run of all lasers. Never had a moments trouble with any of them.

> 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.

CUPS + Gimp-Print has never failed me yet and we have set up Epson, HP,
Kyocera, OKI.  CUPS actually in some cases now gives far more control
over your printer than Windows.

Pick your favourite printer and it will work.


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