Printer Recommendation

[James Finstrom]

I would checkout any printer on
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting

I use an Epson RX595 all in one with ubuntu Jaunty it is plug n play, nort
so much with older versions of ubuntu.

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Eric Cope <eric.cope at gmail.com> wrote:

> the entry level brothers work well. One even has a network port.
> Eric
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> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Mark!
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 23:47 -0700, Mark Jarvis wrote:
>>> >
>>> > We have an HP Laserjet 1018 printer. I like it fine, except . . . it
>>> > doesn't feed the paper straight. No matter how I fiddle with the feed
>>> > guides, the output is almost always skewed 1/16-1/18 inch. This
>>> > creates a problem when we go to use the output as masters to run off a
>>> > church newspaper.
>>>
>>>
>> I recently priced and and compared printers, and found that the EPSONs
>> were, by far the best value for the cost.  I replaced a HP PCS All-In-One
>> that was worth it's weight in gold (for ink cartridges) with an EPSON
>> Workforce 600 that prints, scans, faxes and copies using a document feeder,
>> and includes the nice feature of network IP via wireless as well as wired.
>> IP printing is easier to setup across platforms for all my systems
>> (Apple/Mac, Windows, FreeBSD, Solaris, Linux).  I like mine a great deal,
>> especially since it's a low energy hog.
>>
>> Of course, if you are printing a great number of color items regularly,
>> Kinkos is going to be the most economical, while giving a good result, once
>> you factor in ink cartridge prices.
>>
>> Of course that's not going to be the 600 dpi printing of the HP 1012,
>> instead, it's
>> up to 9600 x 9600 dpi.
>>
>> I haven't attempted to do any faxing over a grandstream ATA using VOIP,
>> however, but a land line would be especially nice with this printer for
>> faxing.
>>
>> Scanning is screaming fast and high quality, and of particular benefit is
>> the document feeder (if you have ever had to create a large number of
>> documents collated from a stack).  I haven't tried to use any OCR linux
>> tools with her yet, but the Mac software that comes with it, seems solid and
>> includes an OCR and print to PDF function/feature.
>>
>> I paid a good deal more for my printer, however, you can snarf this model
>> for just $39.99 right now from OfficeMax:
>> http://www.officemax.com/catalog/sku.jsp?skuId=21694873
>>
>> Here's the current price comparison for the great product:
>>
>> http://bensbargains.nextag.com/Epson-WorkForce-600/zzbensbargainszB1z0--search-html
>>
>>
>>  > Any suggestions on how to either a) effectively de-skew the printer or
>>> > b) a printer (within a home budget) that can be counted on to print
>>> > exactly straight?
>>> >
>>> > FWIW, we earlier had an HP Laserjet 1012 which had essentially the
>>> > same problem.
>>> ----
>>> just for kicks, try using 24 lb paper, that is all I have used for many,
>>> many years.
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
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