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On Fri, 2011-12-09 at 11:56 +0000, Julian Hall wrote: > On 09/12/2011 11:34, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > My current printer is over 5 years old, although it still works quite > > well (Epson Stylus Photo 810). I am wondering if it is reaching its sell > > by date so I have been looking around the internet for some ideas about > > a replacement. What a nightmare! There are so many printers around it is > > just crazy. So what do I use my printer for? > > > > Occasional print of a photograph. I have recently joined the local > > photographic society so I will probably be wanting to do a bit more > > photo printing now. I also do like a reasonable result when printing text. > > > > I am not interested in fax, duplex or anything larger than A4. However > > my wife has her computer in another room so I have the set-up for her to > > send print instructions to my computer via the wifi which means that my > > computer and printer have to both be switched on before it works. So I > > would like a printer which has wifi or some other way of connecting to > > the router. > > > > Incidentally my router, Netgear DG834G does have wifi, of course, but > > does not have a USB port. So far it seems that the makes to consider are > > either Epson or HP. > http://www.amazon.co.uk/tag/wifi%20printer/products > > There's a wide range of makes it seems. I would first pick your budget > and then look at what printers suit your needs within that. Presumably > you won't be going the MFP route? In terms of Linux I would also be > inclined to look at older models which suit your needs - provided you > can get consumables for them of course! - because I think they're more > likely to 'just work' in Linux without mucking about :) > > Julian > In general HP seems to work well with Linux because of the HPLIP project. Makes known to work are listed on the HPLIP website. If you can afford it, try to get one with separate cartridges for each colour which tends to work out cheaper than multicolour. WiFi seems to work well, but quite a few have wired ethernet as well or instead of. Phil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq