the entry level brothers work well. One even has a network port. Eric On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > Hi Mark! > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Craig White 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 >> >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > (623)239-3392 > (503)754-4452 www.obnosis.com > http://www.obnosis.com/motivatebytruth/gnu-people.jpg > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Eric Cope http://cope-et-al.com