[ILUG] Dell 928 All-in-one linux support

[Frank Peelo]

paul at clubi.ie wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Niall O Broin wrote:
> 
>> I use a HP Deskjet F4100 on OS-X and it works nicely, though 
>> apparently its Linux support is poor (I suspect it can probably print 
>> but not scan)
> 
> 
> I've a cheap and cheerful HP F4180 here, printing and scanning work 
> grand with SANE and CUPS. (hpaio driver or somesuch, least for scanning).
> 
> AFAICT, it's impossible to go wrong buying any modern HP printer, now 
> matter how cheap, for use with Linux.

Does it work as fast as advertised?

The HP4260 currently in Lidl might be too cheap. It said up to 30ppm on 
the box. At the moment, it looks wrong by a factor of 30. Black text 
gets printed with all 3 colours of ink, unless I select Properties 
whenever I want to print, and change Printout Mode to Greyscale.

But it does work, I'm sure there's something I can set that will improve 
things. Wish I could figure out what.

It might also be too modern. The ink is mad expensive, but you'd expect 
that. I thought I could buy spurious compatibles. But it seems the 
printer is too new, compatible cartridges are not yet available. But 
that's a problem time will solve... if the printer doesn't wear out 
first. At that price, I'd be surprised if it was built to last.

Frank