buying a printer

[Karl F. Larsen]

sdavmor wrote:
> Graham Todd wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:17:04 -0700 "Karl F. Larsen" 
>> <klarsen1 at gmail.com> uttered these words:
>>
>>> Not so. The new printers now all have an agreed on format that 
>>> the Linux printer driver provides. You are just out of touch.
>> [snipped]
>>
>> FWIW, I get my printers free through Freecycle, an organisation 
>> active here in the UK and, I believe, in the US.  People who have 
>> something they don't want offer to give it away to somebody who 
>> wants it, rather than increasingly fill up landfill sites.
>>
>> You would be surprised at the number of people who offer to give 
>> away printers because they've run out of ink.
>>
>> You just have to google to make sure there are no issues with Linux
>>  (ie the printer is too old), but I have never had a printer that 
>> didn't work under Linux.
> 
> Freecycle is a terrific public service. My wife discovered it a few
> years ago.  We use it a lot here in Southern California both to
> (mostly) give and (sometimes) get computer parts.


	Sounds like a good idea! And yes if the age of the free 
printer is more than about 5 years you will be good to check 
Google first.


73 Karl


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