Cheap printer

davholla · 05-21-2004, 11:16 AM

I have Suse 8.2 and win XP and I live in the UK.
What is the cheapest linux compatible printer in TCO for a home user who does not do that much printing (20 pages or less a week) but would like to have photo quality colour prints.

I used to have a HP Desk Jet but it has died and I don't want to spend that much on ink again if I can help it.

rshaw · 05-21-2004, 11:24 AM

i like epson, the ink is cheap compared to canon or hp, and even their least expensive printers last for ages.

pepsi · 05-21-2004, 11:44 AM

for ink you can allway use the refill kits or in some case a printer can be cheeper than the the ink it includes so you can buy a couple printers sell them and keep the ink

rshaw · 05-21-2004, 11:51 AM

yeah, used refill kits on my canon, they want over $40 for just the black tank, epsons' black tank is $16, not worth the effort to refill at that price

rshaw · 05-21-2004, 12:02 PM

there is also a handy utility for the epsons'. "mtink" for checking ink levels, head cleaning and alignment etc.

pepsi · 05-21-2004, 12:31 PM

40 dollars for ink refillers here it's 16-20 for black and white or color with a cartirge running about 50-100 and on a nother note 2/3 of hp 20billion dollar revenue came from thier printer buisness inc toner and color

davholla · 05-22-2004, 03:44 AM

Are all the epson printers compatible with linux ?

rshaw · 05-22-2004, 10:38 AM

most of them, here's a list http://linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi?make=Epson