If you are after a home or small office printer I have just ordered the Epson RX420, spec and efficiency is good. Plus you can get linux drivers for it @ http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/dl_spc.html. Also if you are looking for cheap ink, epson and cannon seem to have the edge.
Hope this helps.
J
--- Keith Watson keith.watson@kewill.com wrote:
This is probably a silly question but have you looked at www.linuxprinting.org ? I expect you have, but Justin Case (whoever he is :o) )
Regards,
Keith ____________ Beginning is easy - continuing is hard. - Japanese Proverb
-----Original Message----- From: main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk]On Behalf Of
Chris Green
Sent: 13 January 2005 14:42 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [ALUG] Networking printers with Linux
I'm still trying to decide what all-in-one printer
(if any) suits our
needs best. I've narrowed down to a shortlist
of:-
Brother MFC5840CN or MFC3440CN - Linux driverssoon,
ethernet and USB Canon MP780 - No Linux drivers, USB HP 7310 or 6110 - No Linux drivers, but PCL3.
USB and ethernet.
Lexmark X7170 - Win2k and XP only Dell 962 - Dell badged Lexmark X7170The Dell 962 is unbelievably cheap at the moment
(£83 or so) and is
basically a Lexmark X7170 with a few cosmetic
changes. The Canon also
looks good. The HPs are good but not perfect, the
Windows drivers
use more than 250MB and I've seen reports of
problems with them.
I *might* thus decide to go for a Windows only
printer which raises a
question:-
Can I connect a printer with a USB interfaceto my Linux box and
share it with Samba so that my Win2k systemscan use it even
though it doesn't have Linux drivers.If I can do this then the Dell 962 and Canon MP780
are possible but,
if not, then I think Brother is the front runner.
-- Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)
"Never ascribe to malice that which can beexplained by
incompetence."
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