[H-GEN] Colour printer with LInux

[Rod Hurford]

Duncan Miller wrote:

> I've tried looking for a colour printer at linuxprinting.org. It's 
> difficult to find a good printer that is currently available in Brisbane 
> that has a linux driver that works "perfectly".
> I want a colour deskjet, HP preferrably, though I will buy Epsom. My 
> price range, $150 to (I'm getting desperate) $400.
> Anyone got any ideas on this?
>  
> Regards,
> Duncan Miller
> 

A year or so ago my trusty old (>5 years) HP deskjet 670C went to
print heaven, poor thing was just worn out. I looked on various websites
specifically related to linux printing and found that the HP 5550C was 
fully supported by the hpjs driver package.
Walked into Meyer Megastore and came out 5 minutes later $180 poorer, 
with it under my arm. It was extremely simple to set up under Red Hat 8 
and 9, prints well and is nice and quiet while reasonably quick- 
cartridges are a bit expensive but they last a while. Haven't tried 
Photo quality yet but normal color printing is pretty good.

It couldn't have been easier.

Rod