On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 14:19 +0100, Simon wrote:
That site sorted me out with which driver to choose when Ubuntu decided not to give me the Epson C46 driver in the list of printers - I'm using the same driver as the Epson C45 or something uses and it works perfectly, I'm very pleased!
That trick often works quite well, minor model changes are usually not much more than cosmetic.
Another tip (I forgot to mention earlier in this thread) is to look for a really good second hand unit. For example the HP Photosmart 1215 is one of the best consumer level inkjets HP ever made, yet people almost give them away because they think they get a better deal buying some flimsy thing at PC world that was the same price as refills for the solid and reliable HP.
A word to the wise, the carriage in that printer uses the same cartridges as some of their large format printers and therefore the cartridges are high capacity, relatively cheap and unlikely to become unavailable in the near future.
For multifunction the G85 is another good unit (although they are a little bulky) Uses the same print engine as the 1215 so the same applies.
Black ink is a 42ml cartridge and originals can be had for as little as £15, compare that to some of the newer units and their 17ml refills.