[clug] Scanner/printer recommendations

[Robert Edwards]

jhock wrote:
> Hi Bob,
> 
> Does that HP have separate ink cartridges for each colour and black?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> John
> 

Hi John,

It came with two cartridges sealed in packaging. One is labelled "XG",
the other "XJ". The doco seems to imply that one is black and the
other is tri-color [sic]. Don't know which is which.

I'm not going to bother opening the cartridge packaging just yet as I
know that they will "dry-out" within days of opening and I don't have
anything I want to print just yet. I suspect (haven't checked) that
replacement cartridges will cost almost as much as another printer.

Remember, I was really only interested in replacing my broken scanner...

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.

> On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 11:12 +1000, Robert Edwards wrote:
>> Robert Edwards wrote:
>>> My trusty Canon Canoscan LiDE 60 USB scanner has recently stopped
>>> working (as in, doesn't appear in dmesg or lsusb when plugged in...)
>>>
>>> Can anyone recommend a locally-available USB scanner or "all-in-one"
>>> (multifunction device) with good (out-of-the-box) support in, say,
>>> Ubuntu Jaunty? Or that requires minimal configuration?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Bob Edwards.
>> Thanks to all who replied.
>>
>> I ended up getting a $47 HP DeskJet F2280 from JB Hi-Fi on Friday.
>> Plugged it into a Jaunty system, fired up xsane and it "Just Worked"
>> as a scanner.
>>
>> Haven't bothered trying out the printing/copying part of it yet...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bob Edwards.
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