Re: [SLE] fed up with epson
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. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Wednesday 12 July 2006 2:46 am, steve wrote:
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. In the past, I have had the same problem with an Epson and Canon. The use of 3rd party inks may cause problems. Each vendor, specifically Epson and HP formulate their inks to work properly with the hardware. I now have an HP all-in-one that works flawlessly, and we only buy HP branded inks, usually discounted somewhere.
In any case, make sure the printer that you get is highly supported by Linux. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Wednesday 12 July 2006 14:03, Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Wednesday 12 July 2006 2:46 am, steve wrote:
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.
In the past, I have had the same problem with an Epson and Canon. The use of 3rd party inks may cause problems. Each vendor, specifically Epson and HP formulate their inks to work properly with the hardware. I now have an HP all-in-one that works flawlessly, and we only buy HP branded inks, usually discounted somewhere.
In any case, make sure the printer that you get is highly supported by Linux. -- Hi. Could you tell me (off list if need be) what the HP model is and your source of discontinued inks?
Cheers, Steve. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Wednesday 12 July 2006 2:46 am, steve wrote:
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.
In the past, I have had the same problem with an Epson and Canon. The use of 3rd party inks may cause problems. Each vendor, specifically Epson and HP formulate their inks to work properly with the hardware. I now have an HP all-in-one that works flawlessly, and we only buy HP branded inks, usually discounted somewhere.
In any case, make sure the printer that you get is highly supported by Linux. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 Just a comment: I have an Epson CX6600 and have been using 3rd party ink cartridges. Brand name Premium Imaging Products, no manufacturers name. I have used them for 6 months with no problems. Costs are about 30% cheaper
On Wednesday 12 July 2006 05:03, Jerry Feldman wrote: than Epson cartridge. My HP IIIP cartridge is also the same brand. I always used Epson or HP cartridges until the warranty runs out. Hope my luck continues. -- Russ
At 08:46 AM 7/12/2006 +0200, steve wrote:
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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.
I threw out an almost new Epson after using ink refills. Nothing I did would clear the nozzles. I bought an HP. The advantage is that the ink nozzles are in the cartridge. If you louse them up, you can throw away only the cartridge, not the whole printer. I agree that Epson gives better resolution, but the inks are outasight! (You may notice that my surname is originally from Scotland. Hi!) --dm -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/386 - Release Date: 7/12/2006
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