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  1. 04-17-2005 #1
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    Best (reasonably priced) printer?



    I am just about ready to give my Epson C-82 Stylus printer to my daughter and replace it with something that would run well with Debian.

    Would an HP be a good choice, or something else?

    Any suggestions?

    Jeff
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    Hi jlgreer1,

    I use an HP PSC1315 and it works well for me (haven't really worked at trying the scanner yet). I am using Suse 9.2 and it recognized the printer right away. As for Debian, ther is hpoj and hpijs for helping to setup HP printers. I have never really had to work directly with either but I believe those are the pieces of software that are responsible for my printing.

    http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en...69-374570.html
    That is the website for the printer. That is HP Canada, so in US dollars, it is like $79.36 ($99 Canadian). I remember paying more for that but the site says $99 so I would go with that.

    Hope that helps,
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    Thanks for the info. It would seem that HP is better supported than Epson.

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    Yeah definetly. HP works nicely with the Linux distros I have tried (FC3, Suse 9.2 and Ubuntu 4.10(think it worked with 4.10)/5.04).

    Best of luck in getting your printer working.

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    Re: Best (reasonably priced) printer?

    Quote Originally Posted by jlgreer1
    I am just about ready to give my Epson C-82 Stylus printer to my daughter and replace it with something that would run well with Debian.

    Would an HP be a good choice, or something else?

    Any suggestions?

    Jeff
    my printer is HP and it work good for me

    it is best choose
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    HP printer & epson scanner

    I can tell you what not to get for sure..stay away from the Walmart special LEXMARKS .... got a HP 5740...I love it's trim lines and print photo quality with just reguler colors....and so far refilling tank's has been goood also....That a real money saver...Must not be a counter chip in hp tank's or linux just egnors it.... ('')(sorry my spellin is a bit bad)...('')



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  7. 06-08-2005 #7
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    Thanks Analog for the tip regarding Walmar Lexmark. I do a log of shopping at Walmart. The price was tempting.

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    Search froogle (or whatever) for: Samsung ML-1740

    Very excellent laser printer for around $100 - 140, that gets along nicely with Linux. That's what I use with SuSE.
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  9. 06-08-2005 #9
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    Thanks Anomie,

    I'm just looking for B&W so the Samsung sounds like a great idea.
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