Photo Printer Recommendations ...

[Bill Campbell]

On Sun, Nov 27, 2005, Collins Richey wrote:
>On 11/27/05, Ben Duncan <bns at meta3.net> wrote:
>> Speaking of wives ...
>>
>> Last year Christmas, got her a Digital Camera. This year, she wants a
>> stand alone photo printer.
>>
>> Any recommendations, comments of cost of operations,etc ...
>>
>> Oh yeah, have got around +/- $200 to spend on it ...
>>
>
>Not familiar with the standalone units, but from general knowledge and
>personal experience (printer is on a windows box), I would recommend
>Epson. I got my wife an Epson 890 a couple of years ago, and it prints
>superb photos. Epson inks are reputed to be the best in the industry.
>The only drawback (probably common to all inkjet printers) is that you
>have to clean the heads frequently and repeatedly to maintain printing
>quality.

Actually the HP printers are designed so that the heads don't
clog after long periods of no use.  I've had a Photosmart 7350
for several years now that gets used once or twice a month, and
has never had problems (my ten year old HP 4M Plus gets used for
most printing, and the HP only for color).

On the other hand, I had a fair bit of difficulty getting the HP
to work properly under various Caldera and SuSE releases from
8.x, and switched it over to a Mac a couple of years ago using
HP's own drivers.

It's been my experience that Epson printers are probably the best
supported under Linux.

Bill
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