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| 549067 | 2007-05-11 20:32:00 | Canon are best., You can get some great systems for around $100 to $150 | netchicken (4843) | ||
| 549068 | 2007-05-11 22:04:00 | I will also say "STAY AWAY FROM BROTHER INKJET ANYTHING!!" Brother make great laser printers and they should stick to that. Canon would be the brand I would choose. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 549069 | 2007-05-11 22:24:00 | I would stay away from HP anything. They install too much crap. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 549070 | 2007-05-11 22:39:00 | I would stay away from HP anything. They install too much crap. This is true, almost forgot about that. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 549071 | 2007-05-11 23:39:00 | As you also have a Linux household I would recommend a HP. They provide Linux drivers and support for nearly all their MFCs/printers. My HP PSC 1610 All-in-one works perfectly under Linux. Just pick the HP drivers out of your distros package repositiory and install them. I would stay away from HP anything. They install too much crap. Don't you get options for installing what sort of HP bundled software you want under Windows? I guess the preinstalled HP systems just put the lot on as they don't know what the user actually wants or needs. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 549072 | 2007-05-12 00:20:00 | I would stay away from HP anything. They install too much crap.Moot point because of ... As you also have a Linux household I would recommend a HP. They provide Linux drivers and support for nearly all their MFCs/printers.Thanks all for the responses. I wasn't sure about Brothers, now my mind is made up on those. Will look at HP first and Canon as a possible. I knew HP was supported in cups (though I wasn't sure about the MFC's) so thanks for answering that Jen :D Thanx again all :thumbs: |
Myth (110) | ||
| 549073 | 2007-05-12 00:26:00 | Moot point because of ... Get one and install the software then and find out. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 549074 | 2007-05-12 04:53:00 | Get one and install the software then and find out.I won't be installing anything from the discs (or whatever you get). I can get the drivers through Linux without all the garbage. <3 Linux :D |
Myth (110) | ||
| 549075 | 2007-05-12 22:44:00 | As you also have a Linux household I would recommend a HP. They provide Linux drivers and support for nearly all their MFCs/printers. My HP PSC 1610 All-in-one works perfectly under Linux. ...How do you find print quality of the 1610? What about scanning? Any issues? Does the linux driver also pick up ink levels (I know the Epson drivers I use for my current printer don't). Any driver issues under linux? Do the HP's have much of a paper storage facility and are they big ink users (question mainly refers to text docs with maybe the odd colour pic thrown in) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 549076 | 2007-05-13 01:11:00 | Consumer did a test of various MFCs in March 2007 so either track down a copy or check online. Some of their reports are free but others you have to pay for the online subscription. Their recommendations were: Canon Pixma MP810, Canon Pixma MP600R, Canon Pixma MP510, Canon Pixma MP530 (best with a fax), and Canon Pixma MP160 (best budget buy). They didn't test any Brother ones (perhaps that says something!) and here is a full list of the ones they did test: Canon Pixma MP160 Canon Pixma MP180 Canon Pixma MP460 Canon Pixma MP510 Canon Pixma MP530 Canon Pixma MP600R Canon Pixma MP810 Epson CX5900 HP Deskjet F380 HP OfficeJet 6310 HP Photosmart C3180 HP Photosmart C4180 HP Photosmart C5180 HP Photosmart C6180 HP Photosmart C7180 Lexmark X2470 Lexmark X3470 Lexmark X5470 Samsung SCX-4200 |
Beemer (6956) | ||
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