At Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:06:38 -0400 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > John R Pierce wrote: > > On 08/16/10 11:50 AM, David McGuffey wrote: > >> Sending my son back to college with a dual-boot laptop with Win 7 and > >> CentOS 5.5. He uses Win7 to manage his iPod and SW that sometimes > >> issued by a professor for a specific course...otherwise he uses CentOS > >> for everything else. That setup worked well last year, except for > >> printing. He has a low-end Cannon printer that is not supported in the > >> Linux realm. > >> > >> Most of his coursework was uploaded to "Blackboard" and rarely did he > >> have to print anything. On the rare occasion when he had to print a > >> paper/briefing, his work-around was to build the paper/briefing in OO, > >> save in Office 2003 format on a USB drive, boot to Win7, load in MS > >> Office and print to the Cannon printer. I'm looking to clean that mess > >> up for him before sending him back to school. > >> > >> Looking to buy an inexpensive printer he can use on both sides of this > >> laptop. Any suggestions? > > > > campus doesn't have all sorts of networked printers?!? I know the CSU > > my son goes to has printers all over the place. > > > > Most Brother printers have Linux support, so do most HP printers. > > Brother's B&W Lasers have the cheapest per page costs of about any > > printer out there, they are ugly but they just work. > > Many of the low end HP laser printers have Postscript built in, so Linux > can talk directly to them. Otherwise, I use CUPS with Gutenprint to do > the translation. If you can stretch the budget, even the CP1518ni Color > Laserjet is often available for less then $300. After you factor in the > cost of ink vs. toner, the laser comes out costing less in the long run. Yes, HP *Laser* printers are OK. It is their *Inkjets* that suck, both because of driver stupidity *AND* wicked *expensive* ink carts -- HP seems to have the highest priced ink jet carts and is *very* 'protective' of their supplies market -- they forced Staples to NOT carry third-party ink carts for their printers, threatening to withdraw HP as a brand of printer Staples could carry (smells like Kodak's Brownie games way back when). > > Bob McConnell > N2SPP > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database heller at deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk