Subj : Re: Ink Tank Printers, Pro/Con
To   : Shanen
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Mon Jun 05 2023 07:06 am

-=> Shanen wrote to All <=-

 Sh> So I was thinking about an ink tank printer, again from HP because they
 Sh> have stellar GNU/Linux free software driver support -- I had used a
 Sh> Brother many years ago, but its GNU/Linux driver was proprietary,
 Sh> therefore not included in the repositories. And when they stopped
 Sh> updating the driver package on their website, the machine became a
 Sh> paperweight.

 I recently bought a Brother HL-L2370DW, one of the slightly
 higher-priced black and white lasers. I chose it because its printer
 language is PCL6 instead of the proprietary Brother language, I figured
 if I wanted to print to it from Linux any PCL PPD would work.

 Brother also advertised one of those infinity ink deals like HP, where
 you pay by the page, they send you a toner when you run low, and you
 have to have your printer connected to the internet to send telemetry
 back to them at all times. No thanks.

 RIP my Samsung ML-2525W, which was a trusty workhorse for 15 years. A
 toner blew up inside of it, and it'd only pring black pages after that.

 Sh> My main concerns are price, not being tied to a particular vendor for
 Sh> the nk and durability. It doesn't have to fax (I already have a V.92
 Sh> modem), do double sided printing or be fast. What would you advise?
 Sh> What would you say about an HP Ink Tank 415 AIO?

 Sounds like HP is a pass in general, how about the Epson tank printers?



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