[Sussex] Argos Catalogue surprise

Gavin Stevens starshine at gavmusic.uklinux.net
Fri Nov 10 23:13:00 UTC 2006


On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:43:05 +0000
Desmond Armstrong <desmond.armstrong at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just a reminder, HP do have their own website to support their
> printers,  so for me the choice is clear. Besides their inkjets are
> cheaper to run  and are more reliable than others. And, they, HP, have
> a laser printer  at a similar price. £68.99 PCWorld £79.99 in store. I
> have installed  several on Linux.
> And BTW the Canon LBP1120 is only £49.99.  The Samsung ML1610 £59.99.
> .
>  http://hplip.sourceforge.net/

It is true that other manufacturers offer Linux drivers. Epson have a
very good collection of drivers for most of their printers on their
website.

This being the case, I wonder why these manufacturers don't get this
fact mentioned in places like the Argos Catalogue, or PC World etc.?

Gavin.




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