[Nottingham] Printer advice

[Michael Erskine]

I highly recommend HP for their Linux commitments and for my very good
experience of our recent HP F2180 all-in-one scanner/printer/copier
that we got from Wilcos for 30 quid. The carts are reasonably east to
refill and it acts as a photocopier without having to power on the PC.
Working well here on Kubuntu 7.10 using CUPS for printing and XSane
for scanning.

Regards,
Michael Erskine.


On 6/2/08, David Aldred <david at familyaldred.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Evening all.....
>
> My Epson RX620 (scanner/photo printer/card reader) told me this evening that
> it needed a service call as some of its parts were beyond their normal life.
>
> Happily, I found somewhere which told me how to reset its software (hold
> down
> the B&W, STOP and Power buttons simultaneously - it then restarts with a
> complaint, but restart it again and it goes, in case anyone else needs to
> know).
>
> I've had it for about 3 years,during which time it's been steadily better
> supported by Linux - but it's clearly getting to the end of its life; plain
> print quality is starting to fall, and cleaning cycles and so on are no
> longer all that effective.
>
> So...  what would people recommend as a replacement?  Anyone have any recent
> experience of such models, their degree of Linux support, and general
> quality
> and overall goodness?
>
> I do use the scanner and the card reader fairly regularly, and whilst I
> could
> have separate units the all-in-one unit has been convenient in space terms.
>
> I'm planning to run this one until it's really had it and/or the ink supply
> runs out - which could be a couple of months if it doesn't actually break
> down.   However having something specific in mind for when it does give up
> (or even perhaps buying a replacement before it does, if the sales are on!)
> seems a good idea, Sod's Law being what it is....
>
> --
> David Aldred
>
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