[plug] Linux compatiible inkjet printers

[Chris Caston]

These days I tend to get my cartridges refilled from somewhere like
Cartridge World. 

Its a waste of time refilling them yourself and if you don't do it right
then you've wasted a cartridge anyway.



On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 17:57, Dave Dartnall wrote:
> Craig Ringer wrote:
> 
>  >> The only thing I can say is avoid lexmark :(
>  >
> Will do!
> 
>  >
>  > oh, and CONSIDER THE PRICE OF INK. Bastards. From what I've heard,
>  > Canon printers are designed to be destroyed by refilled cartridges
>  > (special ciruitry the only purpose of which is to fry when inked,
>  > warranty makes a specific exception for that part), and Epson claims
>  > that "non-epson ink will damage your printer". Hmm. Probably will -
>  > wonder how long it took their engineers to come up with a way to do it?
>  >
>  > If anybody knows of an inkjet manufacturer who is not in on the
>  > cartridge scam, I'd be very interested in hearing about it.
> 
> Thanks Craig,
> 
> New Reality (Queensland), where I've been getting my Epson 740
> cartridges for the last three years, advise buying a Canon 520 or
> better. They say that the transparent cartridges (one for eaxch colour)
> are easy to refill and last a long time, hence pretty cheap. I'm not
> sure about drivers for Linux tho'.
> 
> I'll advise (off list if noone else is interested) how I get on. Further
> research needed!
> 
> That was an interesting comment from Leon B re his mate in the US buying
> colour printers on special just for the cartridges... and the
> manufacturer's response.
> 
> regards
> Dave Dartnall
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