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Date:	Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:46:47 PDT7
From:	jbrush@aros.net
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Need Inkjet Printer Recommendation

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In <4141FB20.A59246F7@pacbell.net>, on 09/10/04 at 11:07 AM,
"J. R. Fox" said:

>I have bought a few printers on Ebay, which has mostly worked out rather
>well. When you budget for this, you should assume that you may *also* incur
>some repair costs, hopefully minor.
>i.e., for the majority of inkjet printers. More extensive (mechanical)
>repairs would not make much economic sense, unless (perhaps) we are talking
>about a rare or expensive type of photo printer.

My goodness. Doom and gloom :-) Yes, things can go wrong. I have even bought
stuff from stores that didn't work right. I think that by now everyone knows
about how to deal with ebay, and what the consequences might be. If one has an
older printer that they like, and want to replace it, such places are the
only option.

>I think the vast majority of inkjet cartridges are refillable, one way or
>another. Even the chipped variety. The question becomes, how much time,
>trouble & mess is involved in doing this, and how easy is it to screw this up
>?

If the cartridge includes the printhead, it is not designed to be refilled,
and doing so here, has proven to be a major joke, each time I have tried it.
Many probably have success, but I would rather take a chance on an ebay
purchase than try to refill lexmark or HP print cartridges

>I'm not really that familiar with the Canon line either, but some fairly
>recent models -- like the very quiet, fast, and well-reviewed 850 -- still
>offered both Parallel & USB connections, and you could print to them from
>DOS, which proves they aren't Winprinters. I'm nearly certain that OS/2
>drivers existed, also.

I am not up to speed at all with what is new, but I would be shocked beyond
repair if I could walk into Best Buy and grab the newest Canon or HP and find
OS/2 drivers for it. I would hope so, but cynicism still exists.

John

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