Well, interestingly, I got an HP Deskjet -- the wide carriage model. I think it would work under LINUX just fine (but they use Windows XP). > What printer did you end up going with? (Linux friendly, I assume.) > > CO2 > > On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:17:07 -0500 (CDT), Garrett Krueger > <gkrueger at cleosci.com> wrote: >> HP's not the only one with that market corner; I noticed this with Canon >> too. A few years ago, I bought my kids a cheapo Canon bubblejet for >> Christmas -- $59 or some such price. Then I discovered each cartridge >> (Black = $20, Color = $37) summed to the printer price. That printer is >> now sitting in my junk pile, and they have a totally different printer >> today! >> >> >> >> > On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, John Meier wrote: >> > >> >> <Snip> >> > I've heard that it is sometimes cheaper to buy a new HP printer than >> to >> > buy the HP cartridges for that printer! Could that be true - sale >> pricing >> > and rebates accounted for? I think it might be. If so, that shows >> you >> > their business model! >> > >> > Mike >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >> > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >> > tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >> Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list