Subj : Re: Ink Tank Printers, Pro/Con To : poindexter FORTRAN From : Shanen Date : Tue Jun 06 2023 07:04 pm -=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Shanen <=- pF> @VIA: REALITY pF> @MSGID: <647DF512.5013.dove.hardware@realitycheckbbs.org> pF> @REPLY: <647C57A1.17785.dove-hlp@vert.synchro.net> pF> @TZ: c1e0 pF> Subject: Re: Ink Tank Printers, Pro/Con pF> @MSGID: <647DF512.5013.dove.hardware@realitycheckbbs.org> pF> @REPLY: <647C57A1.17785.dove-hlp@vert.synchro.net> pF> @TZ: c1e0 -=> Shanen wrote to All <=- pF> Brother also advertised one of those infinity ink deals like HP, where pF> you pay by the page, they send you a toner when you run low, and you pF> have to have your printer connected to the internet to send telemetry pF> back to them at all times. No thanks. Ouch, indeed. Apparently HP models which end with an "e" must be connected at all times, fortunately in my country this offer doesn't exist (yet?). No instant ink for me, which is fine for the reasons you explained. pF> Sounds like HP is a pass in general, how about the Epson tank pF> printers? Sometimes, you prefer the devil you already know. Like I said in a previous message, HP's GNU/Linux support is stellar (see , it's even present in a FSF approved fully free distribution). Epson's drivers seem to be proprietary (see ) so I'm stuck with HP... .... MultiMail, the new multi-platform, multi-format offline reader! --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52 þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net .