[PLUG] color ink jet printer
Zot O'Connor
zot at whiteknighthackers.com
Sun Jul 20 22:26:02 UTC 2003
I have an HP OfficeJet T45. It was pretty inexpensive. Its an All in
One (Fax/Scan/Printer/Copier).
It works nicely. The driver for the HP line is an opensource driver
project driven by HP (hpoj.sf.net). It was a little tricky getting to
work before RH9, but now with cups, a modern ghostscript, and a clean
build it should be close to plug and play (it was identified by ku
It has held up for over 3 years. Just recently I have had something
wonky, but it seems to have been fixed by opening all the portals, and
moving all the parts carefully.
Cartridge prices are OK. Fry has a 3rd party brand that works. It is a
3 color cart (and a Black one).
I can pretty darn High-Res color, and nice fast draft prints.
On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 16:31, Ed Sawicki wrote:
> I have a need for occasional color printing, such
> a title pages on reports and pages with multi-color
> graphics. I'm thinking that a low-cost ink jet printer
> is adequate. I'd like to know which of the Linux-
> compatible color printers people here like best. My
> requirements are modest:
>
> 8.5 X 11 inch only
> size of input tray is unimportant
> Interface can be printer port or USB
> I don't need to print photographs, envelopes, etc.
>
> Just so there's no misunderstand, I've done the
> research to find out what color printers are
> compatible with Linux. I don't want to be reprimanded
> for being lazy as has happened in the past here.
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Zot O'Connor
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