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From: John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Dumb Pinter Question
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 08:30:48 -0000 (UTC)
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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.

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