[plug] buying a new printer

[Chris Griffin]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:22:11 +0800, Pete Blackhouse
<pete.blackhouse at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
> On Monday 21 June 2004 14:38, Ari Finander wrote:
> > Canon do not make drivers available for linux. There is a company in
> > Germany that makes Canon drivers for linux, but they are NOT free. My
> > experience with these drivers is that they print okay, if you like
> > everything printed at slightly the wrong angle. Check out linuxprting.org
> > and buy from a company that supports linux. Canon doesn't, and I found this
> > out the hard way.
> 
> That used to be the case, but not so much anymore.
> 
> I recently reached the end of my tether with my Epson - it wastes so much ink
> it was costing me a fortune. I went to PLE and bought the cheapest printer in
> the shop - a Canon i250 - which cost about the same as two Epson ink
> cartridges.
> 
> I downloaded the Linux drivers from here:
> 
> http://www.canon.co.nz/products/printers/colour_bj_printers/i250_drivers.html
> 
> and installed them. They come as RHL RPMs, but they slotted into my SUSE-9.1
> system without any trouble. Restart CUPS, set up the printer with YaST and it
> just worked(TM). That was as close to out-of-the-box Linux printing as you'll
> get! You also get a GTK utility which allows you to select paper type, clean
> the heads, etc., and a monitor utility, just like under Windows.
> 
> Canon might have been slow to the Linux party, but they deserve credit where
> it's due. Anyone who wants a cheap (but surprisingly good) colour inkjet
> should definitely look at the Canon i250.
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And what about the cost and type of cartridges (ie are they seperate
colours RGB)?
Were you using the genuine Epson carts?