Printer Makers' Ploys

Ellen Spertus writes "The San Francisco Chronicle has an interesting article on printer makers' ploys, such as lying about print speeds and selling printers with crippled cartridges. I'm sure that slashdot readers could identify more deceptions. Are there any printers that actually live up to the manufacturers' claims, ideally with Linux support?"

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Not all geeks run Linux...

[dublin]

Are there any printers that actually live up to the manufacturers' claims, ideally with Linux support?"

Really, folks, you'd think from reading Slashdot that Linux is the only OS geeks run...

It just ain't so - I've gone to BSD for over half my servers (the rest are Linux, but the shift is underway), and will stay with Windows on the desktop, just because it makes my life one heck of a lot easier.

Windows with cygwin or U/Win gives me the best of both worlds. Since this configuration is one of the most popular in the geek world (far more popular than Linux desktops, I'm sure), why should we care or be bothered about trying to get printing to work on Linux anyway. (Seriously, printing has always been significantly problematic in Unix, and I speak as a strong Unix bigot with over 17 years of experience. (When I worked at Chevron ten years ago, well over half our Unix helpdesk calls involved printing!) I stopped having time to fuss with printing in Linux/Unix years ago, and I don't regret it one bit, either...)