Hi, I am looking for a good (supported) colour printer and scanner for home use. A Lexmark Z43 is about EURO 160. A Epson Stylus 1650 is about EURO 230. A Hp PCS 750 (multifunction) is about EURO 260. Question: Is a multifunction a good option? Question: Who provides good support? Regards, Armand Deze e-mail en de inhoud daarvan is vertrouwelijk. Indien dit bericht niet voor u bestemd is, verzoeken wij u deze e-mail direct aan ons te retourneren en daarna te vernietigen. In dit geval is het ook niet toegestaan deze e-mail en de inhoud daarvan te gebruiken, kopiëren of openbaar te maken aan derden. Holland Railconsult B.V. sluit elke aansprakelijkheid uit in verband met het niet juist, onvolledig of niet tijdig overkomen van de informatie in deze e-mail. This e-mail and its contents are confidential and may be legally privileged. If this e-mail is not intended for you, please contact us immediately by reply e-mail and destroy the e-mail. In this case, please do neither use, nor copy or disclose the e-mail and its contents to anyone. Holland Railconsult B.V. is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information in this e-mail nor for any delay in its receipt.
On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 08:26, Chin Kwie Joe AJST (Armand) wrote:
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Question: Is a multifunction a good option?
Hi Armand, If you do not have a lot of spare which you want to deliberately waste, then don't use a multifunction. NOT YET!!! Wait until the SW (hpoj-0.8-23 at the moment) is really working, which means at least 0.9. I have an OfficeJet V30, it was comparatively cheap (EU$255.-, i.e. 499DEM back end of last year) and it works as copier and fax (color too), I have a fat old SCSI scanner (Microtek X6) which works great with xsane, and I can't print in the moment since the OJ is not willing to work with Linux, at least not with a usb-ohci board. Might work better with usb-uhci, though. Just recently someone posted on this list that mf devices not even work well on Windoze ... (no idea about that) Cheers .... Wolfi ============================================= mailto:wolfi_z@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
On Monday den 18. February 2002 17:25, you wrote:
On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 08:26, Chin Kwie Joe AJST (Armand) wrote:
Hi, (...)
Question: Is a multifunction a good option?
Hi Armand,
If you do not have a lot of spare which you want to deliberately waste, then don't use a multifunction. NOT YET!!! Wait until the SW (hpoj-0.8-23 at the moment) is really working, which means at least 0.9. Well, maybee i was just lucky, but I don't remember using that much time. I just pulled in the HP-officeJet-0.8-23 package bundled with SuSE 7.3. Followed the description in the documentation and was up and scanning within a hour.
It really depends on what your need from your device. I can use my LaserJet 1100A for simple b/w or grayscale multipage scanning. I use a real scanner for other tasks. Regards Klaus
On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 21:49, Klaus Slott wrote: (...)
Well, maybee i was just lucky, but I don't remember using that much time. I just pulled in the HP-officeJet-0.8-23 package bundled with SuSE 7.3. Followed the description in the documentation and was up and scanning within a hour.
It really depends on what your need from your device. I can use my LaserJet 1100A for simple b/w or grayscale multipage scanning. I use a real scanner for other tasks.
Regards Klaus
Hi Klaus, It's certainly different in your case. First and biggest issue, as I mentioned, is usb-ohci. This isn't working like it is with usb-uhci. Next, the LaserJet 1100A seems to be supported by SuSE out-of-the-box and you needn't get a driver from linuxprinting, which then requires compiling a new, tweaked ghostscript, and, some new foomatic script, and tweaking the ptal backend ... forgot the rest:-) What it's all about, you just can't generalize, it may work well with this device on that system, and it may be a total desaster if you are wolfi or some equally stoopid loser:-) Cheers none the less !! Wolfi ============================================= mailto:wolfi_z@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
On Tuesday den 19. February 2002 00:09, you wrote:
On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 21:49, Klaus Slott wrote:
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Well, maybee i was just lucky, but I don't remember using that much time. I just pulled in the HP-officeJet-0.8-23 package bundled with SuSE 7.3. It's certainly different in your case. First and biggest issue, as I mentioned, is usb-ohci. Ups.. I may have been a bit tired yesterday when I stumbled into this tread. I did not notice the USB in the subject line. My LaserJet 1100 is connected to the parallel port.
Sorry if I mislead anyone.
Next, the LaserJet 1100A seems to be supported by SuSE out-of-the-box sure, it uses Ghostscript's HP LaserJet 4 (PCL 5) driver.
What it's all about, you just can't generalize, it may work well with this device on that system, and it may be a total disaster if you are wolfi or some equally stoopid loser:-) I guess not. I was the fool this time :-)
-- Cheers Klaus
On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 08:26, Chin Kwie Joe AJST (Armand) wrote:
Hi, (...)
Question: Is a multifunction a good option?
Hi Armand, If you do not have a lot of spare TIME which you want to deliberately waste, then don't use a multifunction. (...) Forgot the word 'time' in the first post leaving the whole sentence senseless:-) Cheers .... Wolfi ============================================= mailto:wolfi_z@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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