Dang. I wish this thread came up a few months ago. I have an Epson R280 that's still working well, but won't talk to Linux.
This is why your printer never works.
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#12Inkjets work very well at what they were designed to do: Extract fifty bucks for ink from customers every couple of months for the short life of the $80 printer. The problem is that people think they were designed to print things, which is, in fact, only an afterthought in their design. Laser printers, shockingly, work every time and run out of toner about once every two years for the average home user. I went throug…
I recently went to BestBuy to get some ink for my Epson printer when I realized I would be spending $70 dollars for the black and color cartridges together. Instead I spend $100 dollars for a brother laser printer (black and white but that's all I really need) with wireless networking support. I absolutely love it and even if I need to buy a new one every year it will still be cheaper than buying ink for my inkjet.
Re: This is why your printer never works.
#13Since it's not attributed on the page, the actual writer of this is Streeter Seidell from College Humor: http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1752773
Re: This is why your printer never works.
#14Dang. I wish this thread came up a few months ago. I have an Epson R280 that's still working well, but won't talk to Linux.
Yeah, it's sort of convincing, isn't it? I have a Canon MP730 that was great, but doesn't talk to Linux or Mac. Faxing's no good since I got rid of the land line a long time ago. Still makes copies. Meh.
Anyway, plastic kills the planet.