[CLUE-Tech] My printer hates me

[Cyberclops]

Personally I think HP printers are the best choice as the ink cartridge
is the print head.  I believe the print head is part of the printer in
the style that has separate cartridges and if that gets clogged it can
cause big problems.  So I stick with HP.
The HP printer I have 712c is a bit of an oddball, but I do have it
working nicely with Libranet Linux 1.9.1


Matt Gushee wrote:

> Hi, folks--
>
> Well, I did it again ... killed a running print job (because I was
> going to print out way more than I wanted). Maybe some day I'll learn,
> because
>
>     The blasted thing prints out page after page after page of
>     <garbage line>, <form feed>, <garbage line>, <form feed>
>
>     and
>     AFTER I:
>     cleared the print queue (# lprm - , so it should have gotten
>         everything)
>     killed lpd
>     turned off the printer
>     unplugged the printer cable
>     and the power cord
>     waited a minute or so
>     plugged everything back in
>     turned on the printer
>     restarted lpd
>
>     The damn thing continues (it's been about half an hour -- I keep
>         stuffing in the same wad of paper so's not to waste too much)!
>
> So my first question is:
>
>    Regardless of what's actually causing this, is there a cure or
>        workaround in my lpr configuration? Or do I just have to chuck
>        the printer out the window?
>
>    The printer, by the way, is a Xerox DocuPrint XJ6C. Not the
>        smartest purchase I've ever made. But it had a three-year
>        warranty and came with separate cartridges for each color.
>        After I bought it I found out that, though there's an HP
>        driver that works reasonably well with this model, Xerox had
>        flat-out refused either to write a Linux driver for it or to
>        release the specs to Linux developers -- not only that, their
>        NT driver won't print anything with even slightly unusual
>        margin settings. Now, of course, we all know how fscked-up
>        Xerox is ...
>
> Sorry to rant. Anyway, my second question is, in the near future when
>    I've finally had enough of this printer, can anyone recommend a
>    low-cost printer that works well with Linux?
>
>    Whatever printer I buy has to produce crisp, professional-looking
>    B&W text; good graphics would be nice, but are a low priority.
>
>    If possible, I'd like one that has separate color cartridges.
>
> Plz hlp.
>
> Matt Gushee
>
>
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