[H-GEN] Printer advice wanted

[bob parker]

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On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 16:42, Greg Black wrote:
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> I've been told by a printer sales creature that I should avoid
> Epson printers if I'm not going to use my colour inkjet pretty
> regularly as, according to him, they are prone to getting gummed
> up nozzles if allowed to sit for a few days.  He also claims
> that this is not an issue with HP printers.
>
> My use would likely be a few pages or photos at a time, followed
> by two or three weeks of non-use.  Is that sort of use likely to
> be a problem for Epson or other inkjet printers?
>
> Thanks to all those who have given me answers to the original
> question.

The HP 5652 is a full bleed printer on A4, if you don't need that you can get 
a 5550 or similar for about half that price. When I looked a few days ago the 
hpijs driver does not yet support the 5652 as yet,  though HP state they are 
committed to supporting all of their printers on OS systems.

The HP cartridges are refillable 4-5 times which makes them reasonably 
economical to use. When the nozzles wear out you replace the cartridge in 
question. You can refill the Epson also but the heads are part of the printer 
not the cartridge so after your 4-5 refills or whatever you have to trash 
your printer.

I'm considering buying the 5652 printer myself when it finds its way into the 
hpijs driver. Meanwhile I installed the $49 HP 3325 on my Debian Woody system 
using CUPS and compiling the latest hpijs diver. It just worked with no 
problems.

More info on the hpijs driver at:
	http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/

Cheers,
Bob Parker

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