To be honest I have found HP to be very costly on ink as well and tends to waste a lot of ink with combined colour cartridges. Though have any of their printers colour seperated carts? These may help:
http://www6.tomshardware.com/consumer/20030520/index.html http://www6.tomshardware.com/consumer/20021025/index.html http://www6.tomshardware.com/consumer/20030407/index.html
I found so many reviews. I choose the Epson RX420 because it was rated as a good linux, economical, space saving, high spec, and lastly cheap option :) I am awaiting delivery for the item, Good luck.
--- adam@thebowery.co.uk wrote:
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 02:41:44PM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
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.
IMHO Lexmark are crap, and the replacement carts routinely cost far more than the printer. Out of that lot I would investigate the HP and Brother in depth.
Adam
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