Choosing a new printer/all-in-one

[Fred A. Miller]

On 01/28/2011 05:44 AM, Leo Noordhuizen wrote:
> In another thread I asked about the support for Canon printers in
> Linux. Specifically of the iP4500 printer.
> As it turns out the support isnt as wished for, and as the printer is
> starting to make 'funny' noises, is getting  a bit old, AND it seems
> to consume ink like an alcoholic,
> It may be time to replace my iP 4500 and Scanjet G3010 (which is
> taking up too much place for the little use it gets anyway) by one of
> those All-in-ones...
>
> Now the big questions is which one should I go for.... 
>
> My wishlist:
>
>     * Double-sided printing, as silent as possible, with a reasonable
>       speed and of course good quality
>     * Occasionally printing a photo
>     * Good Linux support
>     * Occasionally scanning (and possibly printing) (multi-color) text
>     * Preferably the scanner use LED instead of the time-consuming
>       older means of lighting the original
>     * Of course low ink cost ( :) )
>     * Nice to have: printing on CD and DVD
>
> Canon has a unit which seems to fullfil this list quite nicely, apart
> from the Linux support, so that wouldnt be my first choice.
>
> Of course there is also the question of availability, price and
> resulting quality of prints when using third party ink.
> I know that the price difference between original and third party ink
> can be a factor of 3...
>
> Any advice regarding this would be greatly appreciated.

For proper Linux support, you should stay with Epson or HP. The ONLY 3rd
party ink maker is www.inksupply.com...the ONLY
maker in the US. I have a professional photo printer, so the inks MUST
be VERY accurate and they are the only ones who do that, save me a
bundle of money and the inks don't harm the print heads. As to what
model to get.....sorry....can't help as that's not the type of printers
I use.

Fred

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