Please recommend a printer

[stodge]

I'm looking to buy a new printer; it has to be fairly cheap (not too cheap though), fairly quick and it has to work with Linux and Windows.

Is there any benefit in geting a USB printer, rather than parallel?

Thanks

[MASTOURA]

Hi,

most printers today give you the option USB, so if you plan to buy a new model, you'll have the USB connection.

Standards are HP and EPSON printers. EPSON have better image quality, but HP are really fast. If you plan to use it for text, go with HP. If you plan to print pictures, go with EPSON.

MASTOURA

[Brangwen]

Ditto what Mastoura wrote. USB should run faster than parallel port, and it would be a cinch to set up, and it's hot swappable, if that matters. I think I'd go USB, though it "might" (uncertain, but probably) be a bit more expensive.

Brangwen http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[flash4master]

as far as i have heard, usb support still doesnt work well with linux... but on another note, all the printers we have are hp's, and they work great

[NDC]

Take a look here:
http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/008410.html

[This message has been edited by NDC (edited 09-14-2000).]

[Sweeper]

The new Lexmark is one big bad booty daddy.

[mike511]

YEah, Get the New Lexmark Z52

It kicks a**

I have one and i love it. Image quality on just the normal setting is stunning. ANd black and white printing is very fast. You can get one for 179 in stores of online for like 169.99 plus 6.85 shipping at egghead.

[Richard_Cranium72]

I have some input referring to the HP Printers.

Having owned many, 695,697,712,722,882,PhotoSmart.
Plus IBM low end, now some Epsons.

The HP line is very rugged as I can tell, however saying a HP is fast is like saying a Ford or Chevy is FAST.. WHICH ONE ??

Some of my larger scanned images will take up to 20min to print ONE page, the 882 was rocket quick, the PS and the 712 are slow.

Beautiful, but Slow.

On Kodak Glossy paper, great prints result from medium to low settings on Quality.
On matte paper, HIGH quality is mandatory for great images.
I guess the Glossy paper don't take too much ink.


If you're gonna do both photos and lots of text, get a HP that you can fill the carts.
OR get Two printers, like the IBM C6 has real easy to fill cartridges.

Look for any HP printer with "Photo-Ret II or III"
This their "layering' process which works rather well.

The point of all the preceding drivel is to illustrate the need to check before you buy and make sure a set of ink cartridges aren't gonna set you back as much as a new printer.
http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Matchmaker/brands.asp?PageType=3&ClassID=30001&bcFlag=true&bcSCatId=3&bcSCatName=Technology&bcCatId=44&bcCatName=Printers+%26+Multifunction+Machines& bcDeptId=404&bcDeptName=Printer+Supplies+%26+Accessories

Color refill kit for HP 51649A. Contains enough ink for 3 refills. Used with Hewlett- Packard Deskjet 600 series, Deskwriter 600 series, OfficeJet 500 series, 600 series, 700 series, Apple Color Stylewriter 4100, and 4500
http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Browse/sku.asp?PageType=1&Sku=868240&bcFlag=true&bcSCatId=3&bcSCatName=Technology&bcCatId=3&bcCatName=Cartridges+%26+Toner&bcClassId=30001&bcClassNam e=Printer%2C+Fax+%26+Multifunction+Cartridges

DrVette

[TweakerXP]

I broke down and bought a HP T-45 all in one! Its big and a little costly but you can copy, fax, scan, prints really good color or B/W pictures with it too! great for homework and office work. HP 900 series is a GOOD choice.