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Re: Dumb Pinter Question

From John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Dumb Pinter Question
Date 2023-03-06 08:30 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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28B.I874 <28B.I874@noabzba.net> wrote:
> John Forkosh wrote:
>> 28B.I874 <28B.I874@noabzba.net> wrote:
>>>    <<snip>>
>>>    Anyway, lasers ARE the way to go these days. Reliable
>>>    and ultimately much cheaper to operate. Of note, most
>>>    color laser drivers DO have an option for printing
>>>    black ONLY with black toner - so you can NOT use up
>>>    the color cartridges except when you really need
>>>    color. Win-win.
>> 
>> Okay, you've maybe convinced me. Actually, I was already
>> convinced before buying the Brother MFC-J6920DW, but the
>> problem (at that time, ~2016) I needed an 11x17" tabloid
>> with an 11x17" scanner. Indeed, the scanner's still what
>> I really need.  So, you got a color laser recommendation
>> that satisfies that requirement?  And, of course, a good
>> linux (slackware, in particular) driver. Thanks.
> 
>   Ummm ... larger-format paper IS an issue. Most semi-cheap
>   lasers and all-in-ones, (I know HP) can feed 'legal'
>   paper. 11x17 and above .... well ... separate large-format
>   scanner + large-format printer.

My real need was just for 11x17" scanning, and back in 2015
I first bought a Plustek scanner. POS (Piece Of you-know-what).
To begin with, scsi interface, so I had to buy a scsi card
for the pc. Then no linux drivers, just windows. And even then
I couldn't get it working properly. Finally tossed it in the
garbage, and bought the Brother MFC-J6920DW a year or so later.
Several hundred US$ cheaper, and works perfectly under linux.
Printing just a bonus, at least till the heads clogged up.

>   That's $$$ no matter how you do it. Anything wider than 11"
>   and you'll likely need to take a stick to a print shop -
>   or spend kilobucks on like a huge 'office' Kyocera laser.

Yeah, okay, you've re-convinced me back to the inkjet for
larger-than-letter/legal requirements. In my case, that's
a fortunately very rare requirement.

>   I saw a sort of 'inkjet' at an architect's ... it looked
>   like a long rectangle. You put BIG sheets of paper, like
>   48"x48", into it one sheet at a time and it pulled it
>   past the printhead(s?). I rather doubt it was cheap.

-- 
John Forkosh  ( mailto:  j@f.com  where j=john and f=forkosh )

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  Re: Dumb Pinter Question Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-02 01:59 +0000
    Re: Dumb Pinter Question "28A.I873" <28A.I873@noabzba.net> - 2023-03-01 22:45 -0500
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    Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-02 09:53 +0000
  Re: Dumb Pinter Question "28A.I873" <28A.I873@noabzba.net> - 2023-03-01 22:40 -0500
    Re: Dumb Pinter Question John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2023-03-02 05:17 +0000
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      Re: Dumb Pinter Question Michael Uplawski <michael.uplawski@uplawski.eu> - 2023-03-02 13:56 +0100
        Re: Dumb Pinter Question John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2023-03-03 05:34 +0000
      Re: Dumb Pinter Question "28A.I873" <28A.I873@noabzba.net> - 2023-03-02 23:47 -0500
        Re: Dumb Pinter Question John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2023-03-03 05:52 +0000
        Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-03 09:00 +0000
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            Re: Dumb Pinter Question Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2023-03-04 10:33 +0000
              Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-04 10:42 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-04 11:30 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-04 11:56 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-04 13:57 +0100
              Re: Dumb Pinter Question "28B.I874" <28B.I874@noabzba.net> - 2023-03-04 20:58 -0500
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2023-03-05 08:16 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-05 13:32 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2023-03-06 08:36 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2023-03-05 16:47 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2023-03-06 08:16 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question "28B.I874" <28B.I874@noabzba.net> - 2023-03-06 00:20 -0500
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2023-03-06 16:03 +1000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2023-03-06 08:44 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question "28B.I874" <28B.I874@noabzba.net> - 2023-03-06 08:46 -0500
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-07 08:58 +0100
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2023-03-07 08:36 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-03-07 11:39 +0100
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-03-08 08:09 +1000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-03-08 08:13 +1000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2023-03-08 05:42 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2023-03-08 16:09 +1000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question "28B.I874" <28B.I874@noabzba.net> - 2023-03-08 01:38 -0500
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2023-03-08 08:25 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2023-03-08 19:28 +1000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-08 10:24 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-03-09 08:23 +1000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-09 10:02 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-03-10 08:16 +1000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question "28C.I874" <28C.I874@noabgba.net> - 2023-03-09 20:46 -0500
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-10 11:25 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2023-03-08 15:02 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-03-07 07:45 +1000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question "28B.I874" <28B.I874@noabzba.net> - 2023-03-06 20:20 -0500
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2023-03-07 02:11 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question "28B.I874" <28B.I874@noabzba.net> - 2023-03-07 00:54 -0500
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-07 10:45 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-07 10:31 +0000
                Re: Dumb Pinter Question John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2023-03-06 08:30 +0000
            Re: Dumb Pinter Question Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2023-03-04 18:46 -0500
    Re: Dumb Pinter Question Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl> - 2023-03-02 10:44 +0100
      Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-02 09:56 +0000
    Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-02 09:55 +0000
  Re: Dumb Pinter Question Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2023-03-02 07:04 +0100
    Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-02 09:57 +0000
      Re: Dumb Pinter Question Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2023-03-02 21:50 -0500
        Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-03 09:03 +0000
  Re: Dumb Pinter Question Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2023-03-02 16:44 +1000
    Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-02 10:00 +0000
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      Re: Dumb Pinter Question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-03-03 09:08 +0000
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