[P1] New Jag & Printer driver

[Michael Flournoy]

 From my personal experience and everything I've read Lexmark deskjet 
printers have by far the highest cost per page of any printer. You will 
recoup the expense of a new printer very quickly.
I can't answer for quality, that seems to change very fast. The latest 
Consumers Reports top rated one of the Canon's but I don't remember 
which one. I use a Canon S300 which was cheap to buy and is cheap to 
run ( Canon brand black ink cartridges are only $12. and last fairly 
long ). I think I would try one of the nicer models. This one is  only 
ok at photos, and is the loudest printer I have ever seen. Sometimes it 
prints straight off and other times it cycles back and forth, clicking 
and clacking like a madman for the better part of a minute before it 
takes off.
  I've had good luck with HP also. With HP check the price of the ink 
cartridge and how much ink it holds before you buy. My son has a HP 812 
and my wife has a 882. The cartridges look the same but won't 
interchange. They cost the same but the 812 holds half as much ink. The 
$50 difference was made up by the second cartridge and the 882 is much 
faster and quieter too boot.
I've noticed that some models now have 5 or more different color ink 
tanks. This is for photo's where shading and transitions are critical. 
If you don't do a lot photo's I'd bet the other models are better and 
cheaper for regular use.
Happy hunting.
      Mike

On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 12:43 PM, Ally Maddox wrote:

> Hi All,
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> I finally got the Jag 10.2 and installed it. My previous problem was 
> that I couldn't get my Lexmark Z53 printer to work. So, after 
> installing jag, I went to lexmark dot com and downloaded a driver for 
> 10.x.x and guess what? Still didn't work. OK, so if the only driver 
> lexmark had for v10 didn't work for 10.1.5 why would it work for 10.2? 
> I gave up. I'm going to get a new printer. Don't even bother to 
> suggest things to try for using the Lexmark. Ain't gonna happen, know 
> what I mean, Vern?
>
> So - any suggestions for a good printer under $200, that will work 
> VERY WELL (en excellence) that is compatible for the iBook with OSX 
> 10.2, and has the best resolution, and perhaps even waterproof inks? I 
> was looking at Small Dog and saw one for sale, HP Deskjet 5550. Do any 
> of you have that? If so, what do the ink cartridges cost and how much 
> is that thingie that makes it so you can print both sides of a page 
> automatically? I couldn't find info on the cost of these things. I'll 
> write smalldog and ask them too.
>
> Thanks for all your help,
> Ally
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