[gentoo-user] Printer

[gentoo-user] Printer

[Cahn Roger]

Hi,

I think to buy the following printer:

 EPSON Stylus Color D120 Ethernet or Wifi

Has anybody an (good) experience with it?
Thank you for your answers
Roger
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[gentoo-user] printer

[Stephane Guedon]

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Hi everyone

I am now forced to replace my epson printer.

Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to the epson) 
and that allow to have status not only in windows ?

Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I have my 
printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink status iin cups ...

So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome !
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Re: [gentoo-user] printer

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am Sonntag, 29. April 2012, 21:55:08 schrieb Stephane Guedon:
> Hi everyone
> 
> I am now forced to replace my epson printer.
> 
> Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to the
> epson) and that allow to have status not only in windows ?
> 
> Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I have my
> printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink status iin cups ...
> 
> So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome !

get a colour laser printer.
They are quite cheap. They are usually better supported - and toner does not 
dry out.


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Re: [gentoo-user] printer

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am Sonntag, 29. April 2012, 21:55:08 schrieb Stephane Guedon:
> Hi everyone
> 
> I am now forced to replace my epson printer.
> 
> Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to the
> epson) and that allow to have status not only in windows ?
> 
> Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I have my
> printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink status iin cups ...
> 
> So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome !
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[gentoo-user] Re: printer

[walt]

On 04/29/2012 12:55 PM, Stephane Guedon wrote:
> Hi everyone
> 
> I am now forced to replace my epson printer.
> 
> Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to the epson) 
> and that allow to have status not only in windows ?
> 
> Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I have my 
> printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink status iin cups ...
> 
> So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome !

I agree with Volker.  The printer costs more but not buying ink cartridges is
like getting out prison :)  You never want to go back again.

Re: [gentoo-user] printer

[Dale]

Stephane Guedon wrote:
> Hi everyone
> 
> I am now forced to replace my epson printer.
> 
> Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to the epson) 
> and that allow to have status not only in windows ?
> 
> Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I have my 
> printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink status iin cups ...
> 
> So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome !


For my personal experience, I have yet to have a HP printer not work.
You can get the ink levels and such too.  It has a GUI thingy for that
but I think it has a command line tool as well, in case it is hooked to
a server or something with no GUI.

The way I buy a printer, I find the cartridges first.  Then I find a
printer that uses the cartridge.  My current printer uses the 74XL and
75XL cartridge.  Those are the high capacity ones.  They print about 3
times the pages.  I buy the generic ones and they are both cheaper and I
think they have more ink.  They certainly last longer than the HP ones.
 I did buy one set of HP XL ones since they were on sale locally.

If you can afford a laser printer up front, that is cheaper in the long
run, as others have already posted.  Just keep the printer in a
relatively dry location.  Read that as low humidity.  If you have
humidity problems, turn it on and let it warm up a few times a week.  I
did that at my friends business when the printers were in the basement.
 Real humid in there.  If left long enough, the print gets pretty bad.

Hope that helps.  Lots of option.

Dale

:-)  :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] printer

[Nilesh Govindrajan]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 1:25 AM, Stephane Guedon <stephane@22decembre.eu> wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I am now forced to replace my epson printer.
>
> Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to the epson)
> and that allow to have status not only in windows ?
>
> Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I have my
> printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink status iin cups ...
>
> So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome !
> --
> Stéphane Guedon  |  www.22decembre.eu
>
> Protegez vos courriers sur internet aussi, utilisez gpg !
> http://www.22decembre.eu/2012/02/27/proteger-vos-courriels-avec-gpg/

Get an HP Inkjet printer and buy a cartridge refill kit from eBay for
about $10. Also, ink for about the same price. It's so damn cheap,
cheaper than laser. Go for laser if you want high speed printing.

Refilling voids warranty, but nothing happens to the printer. I've
been using refilled cartridges on my HP PSC 1410 for seven years now.

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http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] printer

[kwkhui]

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On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:55:08 +0200
Stephane Guedon <stephane@einstein.22decembre.eu> wrote:

> Hi everyone
> 
> I am now forced to replace my epson printer.
> 
> Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to
> the epson) and that allow to have status not only in windows ?
> 
> Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I
> have my printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink
> status iin cups ...
> 
> So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome !

Is it just me?  There is a bad GPG signature (maybe it is due to the
accent character(s)).

Anyway, IMO hplip is much nicer than mtink (there is the command-line
tool hp-level included that displays ink level), and HP ink don't dry
up if you leave the printer idle for 2 weeks, unlike Epson. Of course,
if you print a lot you should consider laser printer.

Kerwin

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Re: [gentoo-user] printer

[kwkhui]

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On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:59:10 +0800
kwkhui@hkbn.net wrote:

> there is the command-line tool hp-level included that displays ink
> level

Oops, should be hp-levels, not hp-level.

Kerwin

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Re: [gentoo-user] printer

[Stephane Guedon]

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Le lundi 30 avril 2012 12:59:10 kwkhui@hkbn.net a écrit :
> On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:55:08 +0200
> 
> Stephane Guedon <stephane@einstein.22decembre.eu> wrote:
> > Hi everyone
> > 
> > I am now forced to replace my epson printer.
> > 
> > Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to
> > the epson) and that allow to have status not only in windows ?
> > 
> > Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I
> > have my printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink
> > status iin cups ...
> > 
> > So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome !
> 
> Is it just me?  There is a bad GPG signature (maybe it is due to the
> accent character(s)).
> 
> Anyway, IMO hplip is much nicer than mtink (there is the command-line
> tool hp-level included that displays ink level), and HP ink don't dry
> up if you leave the printer idle for 2 weeks, unlike Epson. Of course,
> if you print a lot you should consider laser printer.
> 
> Kerwin

Anyway, I don't print so much, but I need one !

I don't know why you say I have a bad gpg. I think I put it on the gpg 
servers, so It should be ok. Did you try to search for it ?

Thanks

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http://www.22decembre.eu/2012/02/27/proteger-vos-courriels-avec-gpg/

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Re: [gentoo-user] printer

[kwkhui]

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On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:04:10 +0200
Stephane Guedon <stephane@einstein.22decembre.eu> wrote:

> Le lundi 30 avril 2012 12:59:10 kwkhui@hkbn.net a écrit :
> > On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:55:08 +0200
> > 
> > Stephane Guedon <stephane@einstein.22decembre.eu> wrote:
> > > Hi everyone
> > > 
> > > I am now forced to replace my epson printer.
> > > 
> > > Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary
> > > to the epson) and that allow to have status not only in windows ?
> > > 
> > > Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I
> > > have my printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink
> > > status iin cups ...
> > > 
> > > So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome !
> > 
> > Is it just me?  There is a bad GPG signature (maybe it is due to the
> > accent character(s)).
> > 
> > Anyway, IMO hplip is much nicer than mtink (there is the
> > command-line tool hp-level included that displays ink level), and
> > HP ink don't dry up if you leave the printer idle for 2 weeks,
> > unlike Epson. Of course, if you print a lot you should consider
> > laser printer.
> > 
> > Kerwin
> 
> Anyway, I don't print so much, but I need one !
> 
> I don't know why you say I have a bad gpg. I think I put it on the
> gpg servers, so It should be ok. Did you try to search for it ?
> 
> Thanks
> 

I got the key 0x0403A28B2D8DE8FB from zimmerman.mayfirst.org (one of
the keys.gnupg.net keyserver) but signature verification fails for
both messages.

Kerwin.

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[gentoo-user] Printer

[Roger Cahn]

Hi all,

gentoo-4.4.26,  amd64,  Epson D120

I can't neither print nor open localhost:631

Yesterday I stopped the printer hardly by pushing the STOP button.

I could at this time go in localhost:31 and tried to stop the action in 
"jobs"

and made some settings (I don't remember which !!).

nano /etc/cups/cupsd.conf is empty

Bureau cahn # /etc/init.d/cupsd start
  * Starting cupsd ...
  * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/cupsd'
  * Failed to start cupsd [ !! ]
  * ERROR: cupsd failed to start

Thank you for helping me to make my printer work again

Re: [gentoo-user] Printer

[Alarig Le Lay]

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On Tue Nov 15 14:52:33 2016, Roger Cahn wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> gentoo-4.4.26,  amd64,  Epson D120
> 
> I can't neither print nor open localhost:631
> 
> Yesterday I stopped the printer hardly by pushing the STOP button.
> 
> I could at this time go in localhost:31 and tried to stop the action in 
> "jobs"
> 
> and made some settings (I don't remember which !!).
> 
> nano /etc/cups/cupsd.conf is empty
> 
> Bureau cahn # /etc/init.d/cupsd start
>   * Starting cupsd ...
>   * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/cupsd'
>   * Failed to start cupsd [ !! ]
>   * ERROR: cupsd failed to start
> 
> Thank you for helping me to make my printer work again

Hi, 

Do you have something relevant in the logs ?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Printer

[Roger Cahn]

> Do you have something relevant in the logs ?
In /var/log/dmesg I found:

  3.907048] usb 7-2: new low-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[    3.935212] usb 2-6: New USB device found, idVendor=04b8, idProduct=0007
[    3.935214] usb 2-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, 
SerialNumber=3
[    3.935216] usb 2-6: Product: USB2.0 Printer (Hi-speed)
[    3.935217] usb 2-6: Manufacturer: EPSON
[    3.935218] usb 2-6: SerialNumber: 423037303146D2F37C
[    3.937625] usblp 2-6:1.0: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 4 if 
0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x0007
[    3.969202] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[    3.969500] ieee80211 phy0: hwaddr 00:15:af:51:78:01, RTL8187vB 
(default) V1 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2
[    3.990770] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0x00

Thanks

[gentoo-user] Printer

[Roger Cahn]

Hi,

For my birthday (!) my children want to offer me a multifunction
printer, copier.

I ask you for an idea which one they could buy.

For example:  Multifonction A3 HP Officejet Pro 7612

-gentoo amd64 compatible

-inkjet color (4colors)

-ethernet

Thank you for your help

Roger

Re: [gentoo-user] Printer

[David Abbott]

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 5:33 AM, Roger Cahn <roger.cahn@free.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For my birthday (!) my children want to offer me a multifunction
> printer, copier.
>
> I ask you for an idea which one they could buy.
>
> For example:  Multifonction A3 HP Officejet Pro 7612
>
> -gentoo amd64 compatible
>
> -inkjet color (4colors)
>
> -ethernet
>
> Thank you for your help
>
> Roger
>
>

Hi Roger,
I have been using a HP Envy 5330 for a few years, everything is supported well.
https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-envy-5530-e-all-in-one-printer-series/5304881/model/5304882/drivers

Re: [gentoo-user] Printer

[Wols Lists]

On 01/03/18 10:33, Roger Cahn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For my birthday (!) my children want to offer me a multifunction
> printer, copier.
> 
> I ask you for an idea which one they could buy.
> 
> For example:  Multifonction A3 HP Officejet Pro 7612
> 
> -gentoo amd64 compatible
> 
> -inkjet color (4colors)
> 
> -ethernet
> 
I use these people

https://www.ijtdirect.co.uk/?sct=printerdeals

As you're in France it shouldn't be a problem, just watch for the
currency conversion. They've been about for years dealing in refurbished
kit, although I think these printers are new.

All our lasers have been Dell, and there's been minimal problems with
them. Our current one is the Dell 1765 multi-function, which isn't on
the list :-( I think our current printers are the 4th and 5th we've had
from them.

HPs and Epsons are allegedly linux-friendly.

One thing to look out for - do you do a lot of scanning? One of the
reasons I like the Dells is that they have what I call "push scanning" -
configure them to connect via Samba, then you can put the original in
the feeder, select "scan" on the front panel, and the scan appears
automagically on the computer. With both HP and Epson, you usually have
to put the document in the scanner, then go to the computer and run the
scan software. A pain in the arse.

Cheers,
Wol

Re: [gentoo-user] Printer

[R0b0t1]

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 4:33 AM, Roger Cahn <roger.cahn@free.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For my birthday (!) my children want to offer me a multifunction
> printer, copier.
>
> I ask you for an idea which one they could buy.
>

Hello,

I strongly recommend a Brother laser/thermal printer. They can do
color now. You can alternatively buy reservoirs for ink based
printers.

Color lasers are usually "business" instead of "home" but I would not
buy a home printer if I could afford it. The savings will be quite a
bit. A business printer will last a decade or more, and is not that
much more expensive. Someone mentioned laser getting better, I would
agree.

Cheers,
     R0b0t1

Re: [gentoo-user] Printer

[Roger Cahn]

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Hi all,
Thank you for your messages.
It's not easy to make a choice among
the so numerous machines.
Finaly I took the: 


  HP OfficeJet 7612 Wide Format All-in-One Printer

I hope it will give me satisfaction.
Roger

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Re: [gentoo-user] Printer

[Dale]

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Roger Cahn wrote:
> Hi all,
> Thank you for your messages.
> It's not easy to make a choice among
> the so numerous machines.
> Finaly I took the: 
>
>
>   HP OfficeJet 7612 Wide Format All-in-One Printer
>
> I hope it will give me satisfaction.
> Roger


After you have used it a bit and made use of all the options, can you
post back on what worked well and what didn't?  Also, notes on any
tricky setup problems may prove interesting as well. 

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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Re: [gentoo-user] Printer

[J. Roeleveld]

On Thursday, March 1, 2018 2:52:59 PM CET Wols Lists wrote:
> On 01/03/18 10:33, Roger Cahn wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > For my birthday (!) my children want to offer me a multifunction
> > printer, copier.
> > 
> > I ask you for an idea which one they could buy.
> > 
> > For example:  Multifonction A3 HP Officejet Pro 7612
> > 
> > -gentoo amd64 compatible
> > 
> > -inkjet color (4colors)
> > 
> > -ethernet
> 
> I use these people
> 
> https://www.ijtdirect.co.uk/?sct=printerdeals
> 
> As you're in France it shouldn't be a problem, just watch for the
> currency conversion. They've been about for years dealing in refurbished
> kit, although I think these printers are new.
> 
> All our lasers have been Dell, and there's been minimal problems with
> them. Our current one is the Dell 1765 multi-function, which isn't on
> the list :-( I think our current printers are the 4th and 5th we've had
> from them.
> 
> HPs and Epsons are allegedly linux-friendly.

HPs work really well from linux, the hplip-software does all the configuring 
for you.

> One thing to look out for - do you do a lot of scanning? One of the
> reasons I like the Dells is that they have what I call "push scanning" -
> configure them to connect via Samba, then you can put the original in
> the feeder, select "scan" on the front panel, and the scan appears
> automagically on the computer. With both HP and Epson, you usually have
> to put the document in the scanner, then go to the computer and run the
> scan software. A pain in the arse.

My current HP one can scan and print directly to/from USB drives. No need for 
a computer.
Newer HP printers can also scan to fileshares, email,.... just like most other 
"advanced" units.

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Joost