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From: J.J. O'Shea on 2 Jan 2010 14:17 On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:51:28 -0500, nospam wrote (in article <020120101051289128%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>): > In article <hhnejc191d(a)news6.newsguy.com>, J.J. O'Shea > <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> 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. >>> >>> they don't clog in normal use. >> >> Wanna bet on that? > > yes. if you turn off the printer when not in use, the heads park on a > sponge so they don't dry out. Except that sometimes the sponge gets hard as a rock and then it doesn't do squat. I'm talking actual real-world experience, here, not theory based on vendor PR. > of course, if you buy cheap ink or leave > the printer on all the time, then it might clog, but that's not how > it's supposed to be used. And... once again, wanna bet? I had an Epson printer for years and I used non-Epson ink in it and it didn't clog. At the office there were several examples of the exact same model all of which were supplied with Ye Official Epson Ink(r) and which _did_ clog. > >>> what kind of post office sells printer >>> ink?? >> >> Lots of them. Just down the road from my office there's a postal agency >> that >> sells discount ink. And, for larger definitions of 'post office', pretty >> much >> any UPS or FedEx establishment sells ink. > > where? in the usa, West Palm Beach. > i've never seen printer ink sold in a post office, the office on Haverhill, for one. > fed ex, The FedEx I use most often is the one at Palm Beach Lakes and Ochechobee. It has lots and lots of HP and Epson and Canon ink. > ups The UPS I use most often is the one at Forest Hill and Jog. Again, lots of different inks. > or even mailbox etc. type place. The mail drop in the plaza at Summit and Military has lots of ink. All of it discount ink, not original vendor ink. In addition, the Walgreen's across the road from it, like every other Walgreen's in the county, not only sells ink carts, it has a big sign out front indicating that it refills carts, too. (HP, Epson, and Canon carts, that is. Brother, Lexmark and other vendors need not apply.) Where you been, man? > lots of shipping supplies, > but not printer ink. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: J.J. O'Shea on 2 Jan 2010 14:18 On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:51:32 -0500, nospam wrote (in article <020120101051329338%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>): > In article <jollyroger-6E5BBD.10301102012010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.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. >>> >>> they don't clog in normal use. >> >> 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. > > most likely from improper use. This has not been my experience. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: erilar on 2 Jan 2010 14:21 In article <hho4fj$cdl$00$1(a)news.t-online.com>, heiko recktenwald <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > John Brock schrieb: > > 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? > > Try to get a used office Laser printer with network printing capability, > for example an old HP Laserjet 5 combined with HPs Jetdirect, very > cheap, very powerfull, good for all sort of computer and you can even > print photos (in b/w), > So do they sell for $20? My printer/scanner prints beautiful fotos and cost something like $120. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 2 Jan 2010 14:27 In article <jollyroger-C67B0A.11530302012010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > Most cheap, low-quality printers require you to clean the heads > regularly just to keep them operating correctly. > I got great photographic quality from my Epson Stylus 740 for over a decade and very seldom had occasion to clean the heads. It printed as well 10 years after I purchased it as the day I bought it. I hope the new one lasts as well. It prints even better. > In contrast, I have a five-year-old Canon PIXMA printer on which I have > *never* had to clean the heads; it prints just as good today as the day > I purchased it! Wow! Half as old as my old Epson! Somehow I'm not terribly impressed. So how much did IT cost? How expensive is ITS ink? How's ITS print quality? -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: heiko recktenwald on 2 Jan 2010 14:50
erilar schrieb: > In article <hho4fj$cdl$00$1(a)news.t-online.com>, > heiko recktenwald <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> John Brock schrieb: >>> 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? >> Try to get a used office Laser printer with network printing capability, >> for example an old HP Laserjet 5 combined with HPs Jetdirect, very >> cheap, very powerfull, good for all sort of computer and you can even >> print photos (in b/w), >> > > So do they sell for $20? My printer/scanner prints beautiful fotos and > cost something like $120. > My HP Laserjet did cost 10, well, Euros, and the Jetdirect was a present. Ok, they dont sell like that, but as a direction, where to keep eyes open, what to look for. The Laserjet is incredible good for me, MUCH more reliable than the old Laserwriter and also smaller allthough not very much. |