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From: erilar on 2 Jan 2010 12:45 In article <hhmk3o$jfs$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > My Mac store stopped putting printers out for a while now, but Office > Max/Depot usually has a shelf or two of them. There you could see for > yourself the access process. I went to the local Office Max and browsed their offerings before buying my new Epson. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: Jolly Roger on 2 Jan 2010 12:53 In article <drache-51F549.11431702012010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > In article <postings-A1200E.16225102012010(a)news.bigpond.com>, > David <postings(a)REMOVE-TO-REPLYconfidential-counselling.com> wrote: > > > Any of the HP or Canons in basic form should do the trick - certainly > > avoid Epson (even though they do print nicely) as she will be forever > > cleaning heads. > > Big deal. Cleaning the print heads is a simple "chick here" operation > she must already know from owning the Epson 740. Most cheap, low-quality printers require you to clean the heads regularly just to keep them operating correctly. In contrast, I have a five-year-old Canon PIXMA printer on which I have *never* had to clean the heads; it prints just as good today as the day I purchased it! -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Jamie Kahn Genet on 2 Jan 2010 13:09 John Brock <jbrock(a)panix.com> wrote: > My siblings and I bought our 80-some year old mother a new iMac > for Christmas, and her Epson Stylus Color 740 -- unsupported by > Snow Leopard -- is now junk. So we'd like to hear recommendations > for a new printer. > > We're not interested in speed or ultra-high quality photos or > multi-function; we're looking for robustness and simplicity above > all. We'd like our mother to be able to change the ink cartridges > by herself! Beyond that, we're looking for a major brand with good > OS X support, and not overly expensive (especially the ink). Under > $200 certainly, and under $100 would be nice. Given these criteria, > what would be the best choice? I'm still very happy with Epson. I remember the Stylus Color 740 fondly - it was the first printer I bought to work with my brand new CRT iMac back in 1999. Nowadays I use an Epson R210 for colour prints and a Brother black and white laser printer for everything else. Lasers are _MUCH_ cheaper for B&W printing - I save a lot of money not using an inkjet for everything. In fact I'd go so far as to say you'd be _mad_ to print B&W with an inkjet - it's just flushing good money down the toilet. The HL-2140 <http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=hl2140> is a good littlw low end model that's very easy to use. HP also do decent low end lasers. So yeah - my advice is get a cheap Epson inkjet for colour and a Brother laser for B&W. HTH, Jamie Kahn Genet -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
From: TaliesinSoft on 2 Jan 2010 13:22 On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:03:50 -0600, John McWilliams wrote (in article <hhmk3o$jfs$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>): >> I have two Canon MP-470 printers and they have performed flawlessly for >> several years. I believe Canon now markets what is essentially an >> updated/improved version. The MP-470 is a combination printer, scanner, >> and copier. It uses two easily replaced ink cartridges, one black and one >> color. The printer can be purchased for around $100. I'm using Snow >> Leopard without anyl printer problems. > > > ....But that's Multi function, which I'd also avoid for my Mom were I > getting one for her. Agreed it is a multi-function. I got one for my older brother (also 80+) and the thing he ended up using the most was the copying capability. -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com
From: TaliesinSoft on 2 Jan 2010 13:27
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 10:30:11 -0600, Jolly Roger wrote (in article <jollyroger-6E5BBD.10301102012010(a)news.individual.net>): [commenting on Canon printers having ink clogging and becoming useless] > Ahem. Excuse me, but bullshit. I and my family have had several of them > clog up and die within one or two years, rendering them completely useless. I've been using two Canon MP-470s for a few years now and have never experienced a serious clogging problem. On a few occasions I did run the head cleaning option when there was some skipping in the printout. The head cleaning cured the problem. -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com |