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[steve <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 12 July 2006 05:37, you wrote:
> All I'd say is the Epson Photo R220 here, my daughter's, my son's, and 4
> down at work are flawless, all on SuSE9.3...
>
> BUT...don't use after-market inks in them.  My daughter's is only a
> couple months new, and when she ran out last week, she bought a "house
> brand" at an office supply in Virginia.  It severely clogged the head,
> but fortunately they gave her back the money, and she bought Epson ink.
> It took nearly half the new inks just cleaning the head...but happily it
> DID clean, and all is now well.  I think I paid $85 US at a discount
> house while there on vacation...
>
> The 4 at work were replacements of HP units, simply because we needed
> better resolution...so I agree with your comment about the HP poor
> quality.
>
> Tom in New Mexico
>
> On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 23:49 +0200, steve wrote:
> > Hi.
> > Can anyone recommend a HP printer which does well with photo paper on
> > SuSE 10.0 for around Euros 100? Both the Epson's I bought c70 and c80
> > have bocked up print heads/leaking ink and are a mess. I believe that HP
> > has a better system but according to linuxprinting.org are of inferior
> > quality.
> >
> > Any advice on or off list would be most appreciated.
> > Steve.

Hi Tom. Hi everyone.

I did use third party ink so that's more than likely the problem. Over here n 
Europe you may as well go out and buy a new printer than buy genuine Epson 
ink refills. That's the problem. 

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