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> Tom and Guy - since you both mentioned printers that do scan when > there's no ink, I'd be happy to know what specific models. And it goes > without saying that the scanning must work under Linux. Canon MX-310. I'd probably be better off with a laser printer, but for now this is what I'm using. Yes, it works in Linux. I remember I chose a driver from a different, but similar model. I don't remember which one. Maybe a Canon Pixma. Tom On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 6:32 PM, <linux-il-requ...@cs.huji.ac.il> wrote: > Send Linux-il mailing list submissions to > linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > linux-il-requ...@cs.huji.ac.il > > You can reach the person managing the list at > linux-il-ow...@cs.huji.ac.il > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Linux-il digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: printer (Shachar Shemesh) > 2. Re: printer (Guy Gold) > 3. Printer (Tom Balazs) > 4. Re: printer (Amichai Rotman) > 5. Re: printer (Shlomo Solomon) > 6. Researcher night tomorrow, Yael Vaya Talmor's talk postponed > (Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda) > 7. Re: printer (Guy Gold) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:47:17 +0300 > From: Shachar Shemesh <shac...@shemesh.biz> > To: Constantine Shulyupin <co...@makelinux.co.il> > Cc: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > Subject: Re: printer > Message-ID: <505c7df5.80...@shemesh.biz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On 09/19/2012 06:45 PM, Constantine Shulyupin wrote: > > Which multifunctional printer for home (SOHO) would you recommend to > > purchase from available currently in Israel? > > Which store network? > > > > Thanks > Mac OsX uses CUPS for printing, so, lately, pretty much all of them are > supported. YMMV, of course. > > Also, a while back HP were writing their own open source drivers for > their printers. That gave them some points. > > Shachar > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > LiveU > http://www.liveu.tv > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/pipermail/linux-il/attachments/20120921/0b1aafbf/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:46:11 -0400 > From: Guy Gold <guy1g...@gmail.com> > To: Linux-IL <linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il> > Subject: Re: printer > Message-ID: > <CALQ72QGPNkve1OR=BtVRY6jc92=Mzp8Lg+8ewLzXi4Vx-VJR= > w...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Shlomo Solomon <shlomo.solo...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > On a related note, do you know if the scanning and faxing on this (or > > any other) printer works when there's no ink? My scanner died and I > > thought of buying a multi-function as a replacement, since all the > > scanners I found were expensive. But I do VERY little > > printing and don't want to be forced to buy ink just to use the > > scanner. > > > > > I have a Brother MFC all-in-one (cannot recall the exact model) , The > scanner works fine after there's not ink in some of the cartridges, and , > as far as I recall , fax is fine as well, however, you cannot print black > and white , even if they are full, unless all cartridges (color) have some > ink in them. > > > -- > Guy Gold > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/pipermail/linux-il/attachments/20120921/50d39413/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 09:22:35 +0300 > From: Tom Balazs <tom123onl...@gmail.com> > To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > Subject: Printer > Message-ID: > <CABVFEGCWpa3UXpxs_XB4WGiAHBEcG9P0hwVb_ivxXVkcAMBW= > w...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Keep in mind that if you print mostly black and white (greyscale) documents > that a laser printer is MUCH cheaper when you consider the price of toner / > cartridges. Also, inkjet printers use up the color cartridge even if you > only print only greyscale documents (why?). > > In both laser and inkjet the cost of the printer is negligable, you must > include the cost of toner / cartridges. > > My Canon inkjet print / fax / copy / scan will scan and copy even when the > ink cartridge is empty. But it will not print a greyscale document when the > color cartridge is empty - it uses one cartridge for all colors :-( > > Tom > On Sep 21, 2012 4:25 PM, <linux-il-requ...@cs.huji.ac.il> wrote: > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/pipermail/linux-il/attachments/20120922/54f31aa5/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:12:30 +0300 > From: Amichai Rotman <amic...@iglu.org.il> > To: Guy Gold <guy1g...@gmail.com> > Cc: Linux-IL <linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il> > Subject: Re: printer > Message-ID: > <CAD_ZK64_w34GXj+VwnrjGPA5tkLMQ+kDP0ifh9c5wNnLyaf= > u...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I know Brother support Linux. I recommend Laser printers, if you don't do > much printing. I now prefer Samsung printers. usually works out of the box > - no additional software needed (at least in Ubuntu). > I'd recommend visiting the stores near your house, check the service status > (how much it costs to fix and buy Toner etc.). Make note of some of the > models you find interesting and check them against this resource: > > OpenPrinting Printer List <http://openprinting.org/printers> > > My mom bought the following printer: > > Samsung SCX4623F <http://www.zap.co.il/model.aspx?modelid=745898> and she > is very pleased. Haven't tried it with Linux though... This specific model > isn't on the OpenPrint list, but model SCX-4828FN is listed as Perfectly. > This model is the same, just the Networked version. > > Tip: Try installing the printer without any drivers first. > > Good Hunting > Amichai Rotman > Penguin - FLOSS Computer Service and Technical Consulting > +972-73-7962360 || +972-54-4605787 > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Guy Gold <guy1g...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Shlomo Solomon < > shlomo.solo...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> On a related note, do you know if the scanning and faxing on this (or > >> any other) printer works when there's no ink? My scanner died and I > >> thought of buying a multi-function as a replacement, since all the > >> scanners I found were expensive. But I do VERY little > >> printing and don't want to be forced to buy ink just to use the > >> scanner. > >> > >> > > I have a Brother MFC all-in-one (cannot recall the exact model) , The > > scanner works fine after there's not ink in some of the cartridges, and , > > as far as I recall , fax is fine as well, however, you cannot print black > > and white , even if they are full, unless all cartridges (color) have > some > > ink in them. > > > > > > -- > > Guy Gold > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-il mailing list > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/pipermail/linux-il/attachments/20120922/792791bd/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:58:17 +0300 > From: Shlomo Solomon <shlomo.solo...@gmail.com> > To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > Subject: Re: printer > Message-ID: <20120922195817.60207997@shlomo1.solomon> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Thanks to Amichai, Tom and Guy. > > Amichai - I agree that a laser is a better deal because of ink/toner > prices. In fact I have 2 on my home network. But possibly I was not > clear enough in my original question. I'm looking for a CHEAP fax/scan > alternative and it seems that today even the cheapest scanners are more > expensive than cheap multi-function ink-jets. But since I won't use it > at all for printing (only scanning/faxing), the ink will dry up in a > short time and could potentially make the device unusable. > > Tom and Guy - since you both mentioned printers that do scan when > there's no ink, I'd be happy to know what specific models. And it goes > without saying that the scanning must work under Linux. > > Thanks again. > > On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:12:30 +0300 > Amichai Rotman <amic...@iglu.org.il> wrote: > > > I know Brother support Linux. I recommend Laser printers, if you > > don't do much printing. I now prefer Samsung printers. usually works > > out of the box > > - no additional software needed (at least in Ubuntu). > > I'd recommend visiting the stores near your house, check the service > > status (how much it costs to fix and buy Toner etc.). Make note of > > some of the models you find interesting and check them against this > > resource: > > > > OpenPrinting Printer List <http://openprinting.org/printers> > > > > My mom bought the following printer: > > > > Samsung SCX4623F <http://www.zap.co.il/model.aspx?modelid=745898> and > > she is very pleased. Haven't tried it with Linux though... This > > specific model isn't on the OpenPrint list, but model SCX-4828FN is > > listed as Perfectly. This model is the same, just the Networked > > version. > > > > Tip: Try installing the printer without any drivers first. > > > > Good Hunting > > Amichai Rotman > > Penguin - FLOSS Computer Service and Technical Consulting > > +972-73-7962360 || +972-54-4605787 > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Guy Gold <guy1g...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Shlomo Solomon > > > <shlomo.solo...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > >> On a related note, do you know if the scanning and faxing on this > > >> (or any other) printer works when there's no ink? My scanner died > > >> and I thought of buying a multi-function as a replacement, since > > >> all the scanners I found were expensive. But I do VERY little > > >> printing and don't want to be forced to buy ink just to use the > > >> scanner. > > >> > > >> > > > I have a Brother MFC all-in-one (cannot recall the exact model) , > > > The scanner works fine after there's not ink in some of the > > > cartridges, and , as far as I recall , fax is fine as well, > > > however, you cannot print black and white , even if they are full, > > > unless all cartridges (color) have some ink in them. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Guy Gold > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Linux-il mailing list > > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > > > > > > > > -- > Shlomo Solomon > http://the-solomons.net > Sent by Claws Mail 3.7.9 - KDE 4.6.5 - LINUX Mandriva 2011.0 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:11:42 +0200 > From: Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda <ladyp...@gmail.com> > To: Haifa Linux Club <hai...@haifux.org>, linux-il > <linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il>, haifux-annou...@hamakor.org.il > Subject: Researcher night tomorrow, Yael Vaya Talmor's talk postponed > Message-ID: > < > caa8-rxgfxaydszkvxu8_zzkrt09yxql2bykjoynjomxvbfr...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello Haifuxers, > > Note that tomorrow's talk was postponed due to the scientist night events > in the Technion. Yael's talk was postponed to November 12th. > > Details on the event: http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/he/news/2012/553/ > > Thanks to Motty and Miki for noticing the inconsistency on the website. > -- > Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda. > http://ladypine.org > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/pipermail/linux-il/attachments/20120923/17949804/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:32:07 -0400 > From: Guy Gold <guy1g...@gmail.com> > To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > Subject: Re: printer > Message-ID: > <CALQ72QH9g5faPfKDn3EamWX=aLfGi-A= > 4kxlkno40go4hje...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Shlomo Solomon > <shlomo.solo...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > Tom and Guy - since you both mentioned printers that do scan when > > there's no ink, I'd be happy to know what specific models. And it goes > > without saying that the scanning must work under Linux. > > > > > > > Mine is Brother MFC-J410W , it is an all-in-one WiFi enabled. All the > announced features worked in LInux . > I actually tested it under Ubuntu 11.10 , the way that Brother provides the > drivers, I don't see a reason why it will > not work under Debian, they do have drivers for the Red-Had family as well. > > > -- > Guy Gold > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/pipermail/linux-il/attachments/20120924/1e6475f0/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > End of Linux-il Digest, Vol 45, Issue 9 > *************************************** >
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