[ale] I HATE printers!

[Michael B. Trausch]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:25:21 -0500 (EST)
tom <tfreeman at intel.digichem.net> wrote:

> I'm printing from OpenOffice.org through CUPS to the Netgear blob
> hence to the Epson, using F10 Linux as the base system, all up to
> date as of last night. Test pages work print just fine, and I've
> gotten one or two decent print jobs. One or two decent print jobs out
> of 15 or so attempts isn't a good sign however. I can either get pure
> garbage characters with random page feeds, or be missing the bottom
> half of the page. Nice black stuff on the paper tho - not that fading
> pinkish stuff from the HP.
> 
> At this point I'm just frustrated, and moderately pissed off. This 
> shouldn't be rocket science...

Just my two cents and a recommendation... if you can do it, get a
E250dn unless you require color.  The E250dn does duplex printing,
handles PostScript 3 and PCL 6, and can be attached to the network, or
by parallel port or USB.  It's also reasonably fast.  I have had no
trouble with mine since I bought it about 6 or 7 months ago or so, and
refills are pretty easy to get through Office Supply Outfitters that
are higher-capacity than the manufacturer's, and the same price per
cartridge.  Links if you'd like to take a look:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828106379R
http://www.officesupplyoutfitters.com/

	--- Mike

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