Same happenned to me, I have a HP Deskjet 540, whenever I've tried other
cartridge
than the HP, I get into deep trouble. Wht laser printers do you guys recomend?
Bill Barnes wrote:
> FWIW
> Got into a tangle on another mailing list regarding inks, but here goes
> anyway.
>
> I buy Amazon inks for my Epson Stylus 800 and had no problems until I tried
> bulk ink and refilling cartridges. Print quality went south and is recovering
> with a return to new cartridges, but still not up to snuff.
>
> Ditto for a friend of mine with a Canon.
>
> Bill Barnes
>
> >===== Original Message From Harald Thingelstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
> >On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Vicente Torres wrote:
> >...
> >> So, I must return it and buy another printer.
> >> Wich one would you recommend to me?
> >> It must be cheap; I do not want to use color on my printings
> >> and it must work fine with linux.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >
> >First: What kind of a cheap printer do you want?
> >The inkjet printers are known to be cheap to buy, but they charge a leg
> >and an arm for the ink.
> >Some manufacturers are known to sell their printers with a net *loss*,
> >earning their money on ink alone. Let's say you have to change the
> >cartridges twice a year, for keeping them from drying out alone, and I
> >guess you have paid the printer over again in two years!
> >
> >Nope, if you're not interested in colors, buy a laser. The cartridges are
> >perhaps even more expensive, but they last many times longer.
> >
> >You can, of course, get refiller ink for both types, and this makes inkjet
> >printers look a little brighter. Be sure to find a place where you
> >actually can *buy* this sort of stuff, as I'm sure original ink pays the
> >shops better and the printer manufacturers shun no means of telling you
> >unoriginal ink might destroy your printer. ("Fat chance!", in many cases.)
> >Anyway.
> >Buy the next cheapest you can get, the absolute cheapest ones tend to be
> >money out your window.
> >
> >Second:
> >What type of printer?
> >Check the compatibility lists.
> >This means, the "Hardware HOWTO" in your HOWTO archive. If you don't have
> >any, install the necessary package(s).
> >
> >Harald
> >
> >Philosophy, law, medicine and even theology, alas! I studied everything with
> >an ardent will and here I am, poor fool, just as far behind as ever.
> >No more advanced than before.
> > Goethe - Faust
> >
> >
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