[NTLUG:Discuss] Color printer for Linux

[Terry]

On 3/21/06, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 03:15:16PM -0600, Chris Cox wrote:
> > So... I love the photo quality you get with the Epson.... but...
> >
> > The heads do clog... and on the Epson (unlike HP) they aren't
> > built into the cartridge,, so when they clog, they clog and
> > are are VERY HARD to unclog.  Mine went with use for maybe
> > a month or so and I've got one head that simply will NOT
> > unclog... sigh...
>

The epson is more economical to run because cartridges are ink
containers only and so they are a lot cheaper, cartridges with built
in print heads are a lot more expensive, so that makes your per-page
print cost higher.

> Just to add a "me too" to this -- my father had an Epson printer
> for about a year when the print head clogged, and nothing we tried
> was able to unclog it.  The solution ended up being a new (HP) printer.

You'll be unhappy when it comes time to buy new print cartridges.
(If it's a low end sub-$100 printer, you might as well ditch it and
buy another printer).... BUT... We have strayed off topic here ....
sorry....  :)