*I will second Brother Printers MFC line and ADS scanners are second to nonewe have 5 printers and two scanners and only one repair in the last 5 yearsand work with Windows OSX and Linux but the software is proprietary so that isthe only draw back. At home I have a MFC-9440CN that I bought used three years ago* *it is a color lazer that does not work well for pictures posters ect but cranks out documents* *all day for little cost and easy to clean and fix if needed. I also have brother HL-1440 black and white* *lazer that is much older and still works perfect and I have only opened it to add a new toner* On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Wayne D wrote: > (I) have switched to "Brother" exclusively (3 lasers, 1 inkjet and a > ADS-2000 scanner. They all have performed flawlessly with no jams. > Inkjets SUCK if you don't use them consistently. The latent ink in the > heads and tubes dry out and trash the printer. If ever I decide (I) > need color again, (I) will be going color LASER. Yes, it IS much more > expensive, BUT at least I won't need to deal with dried out inks. > > FLIP SIDE: EPSON inks supposedly are archive quality though and it > probably will be cheaper to become a heroin addict instead of buying > ink. Still, their inks I believe are rated 20 or 25 years if printouts > are stored properly AND 6 cartridges give better color accuracy. > > > Hope I helped. ;-) > > > On 01/24/2016 09:26 PM, Bob Holtzman wrote: > > My old HP gave up the ghost so I'm in the market. Reading the reviews it > > seems that HP quality has gone down the tubes lately, especially in the > > low and mid levels. Epson had decent reviews but 6 ink cartridges? Give > > me a break. > > > > I'd like some opinions from the group on printers in general and HP vs > > Epson in particular. > > > > TIA > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Todd Cole Ubuntu Arizona Team 4605 S PRIEST DR LOT 3 TEMPE AZ 85282-6507 toddc@azloco.com 602-677-9402