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Blatant plug here but here at Refresh Cartridges we've got Epson printers from £34.99 I'll put the price list and model numbers here although You'll be best off contacting chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for more details regarding them, anyway, here we go: Epson D92 £34.99 Epson DX4400 £39.99 Epson DX7400 £59.99 Epson R285 £64.99 Epson DX8400 £74.99 Epson RX585 £109.99 The compatible inks are rather cheap also :) Kind regards as always. Ryan Carson - Director Refresh Creations Ltd --------------------- Web: http://www.refreshcreations.co.uk/ Tel: 0845 09 42 987 Fax: 0870 80 30 989 -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eion MacDonald Sent: 13 December 2007 09:44 To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [LUG] [Bulk] printer recomendation needed Dave Morgan wrote: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:43:13 +0000, Simon Avery > <flash@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> viv wrote: >> >> Lexmark: Avoid. cheap, nasty and notoriously unfriendly to linux. >> Seriously, walk past them quickly in the shops, don't even look at them. > > I have read that in a coupes of places now ... will avoid > >> HP are usually good. (Some historical issues like ink that "expires" by >> date, but generally good. Linux support very good.) >> >> Epson; Linux support often ok, but check particular model. Actual >> printer quality variable. >> >> Brother; They do a cheap network inkjet that's actually very good, got >> one here. Linux support great. > > not that keen on Brother due to problems with my current HL1070. > and cost of new drum and toner. > >> When buying a printer for linux, ALWAYS google the model number for >> linux support details. linuxprinting.org is a good resource. > > tried that, missed the linuxprinting.org site (embarrassed) > >> Cups has made huge increases in linux friendliness, very impressive. >> Supports a *lot* of stuff right out of the box. Finding network paths >> can sometimes be tricky but again, google is your friend. >> >> I loathe printers by the way. I loathe the whole market model that >> encourages cheap products underpinned by phenominally expensive ink >> (something like four times as expensive as gold, weight for weight) and >> entire designs that encourage failure. I dislike that the HP Deskjet >> which was *perfect* when it was launched has been progressively >> redesigned to lose reliability and quality on every revision until a >> once trusted brand is now shunned by those who have to look after the >> sodding things. > > only printed one page at home in last 3 years due to my HL1070 > being knackered > >> Good printers: >> HP Deskjet, first generation inkjet. >> Epson FX-80, dot matrix. >> HP Laserjet 4, size and cost of a car. >> >> Each one of these has served me faithfully for many many years with low >> running costs and utmost reliability. >> >> Everything else is crap, ime... > > Thanks for your thoughts (and also thanks to Viv, Neil, Simon and > Grant for their postings in this thread) > > Dave OKI A good series (I am on my third series) of printers based on LED technology and work with Ubuntu, Knoppix, PCLinuxOS, SuSE 9, SuSE10.x to my knowledge. These are ok with Linux. About £150 to £250 for small ones , however only B&W used by me, as I do not use colour. Regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1182 - Release Date: 12/12/2007 11:29 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1182 - Release Date: 12/12/2007 11:29 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html