look online... to buy a used printer... i got a hp-2500 color printer with ~50% of the toner in the cartridges left... got it for ~$30(US) at an auction... you'd be surprised at what you might find!! i also saw the same printer at a later auction go for ~$100!!!! you never know! -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steven Stern Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 7:22 AM To: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: Printers -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/21/2009 04:19 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Michael Comperchio wrote: >> What would be the best choice in inexpensive printers for use with >> Fedora? I'm relatively new to F10, though I've used Linux before. I'm >> hoping to never have to boot to the windoze side again. But printing >> and the inability to sync up with my Palm Lifedrive are the major >> holdups for that. I can probably live without the Livedrive...but I do >> need to print > > I'd recommend HP, because the CUPS drivers (HPLIP) are Free Software, > written by HP themselves and included in Fedora (so they work out of the > box). > > /!\ Please check on the HPLIP website http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ that the > printer you're about to buy is supported and that it doesn't require the > binary-only "plugin". There are third-party Free Software drivers for most > of the "plugin"-using printers, but there are patent issues (JBIG > compression, mainly), which is why HP is not willing to support them in > HPLIP without that binary-only "plugin" and which also means those drivers > are not included in Fedora. (They can be found in RPM Fusion though, > they're the foo2xxx drivers, where xxx is one of zjs, hp, oak etc.) > > One drawback though is that HP is not the cheapest option out there > (especially if you count the ink/toner prices - for example, HP inkjets > have the print heads on the cartridge, which means they're less susceptible > to defects, but which also means the cartridges are very expensive; and of > course the cartridge/toner prices also subsidize the printer to some > extent, something to watch for all printers, it's a common pricing tactic > of printer manufacturers, not just something HP does), // snip // The first thing to do on installing an inkjet printer is to set the default printing mode to "draft". It makes the printer much faster and it uses a lot less ink. For 99% of the printing I do, draft quality printing is acceptable. - -- Steve -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl8g4kACgkQeERILVgMyvBg0wCfSh47zO7UzWMR406SQlM9+x79 j28An2jQFSrpMItID3ZY7YhkGrI5t+sw =tblB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
