The Canon s750 is about as close to what you want as one can get in the inkjet catagory. The black cartridge holds nearly twice as much ink as HP cartridges, the machine puts less ink on each page, and the name brand Canon replacement black is only ~$15, with generics priced at ~$12 that work just as good.
The colors are also very inexpensive, and are individual, meaning one color per ink tank. You only replace what has run out. In the generic form, all three colors are only ~$23, meaning a total of ~$35 for the ink replacement, or about half as much as the other brands.
Couple that with 20 pages per minute print speeds (advertised, expect about 13-15 in real life) and you get a great machine.
As an added bonus, the thing only costs $90 at your local Staples store, meaning you get much more than you pay for. Sound good enough?
Ok, this will take some work.
To start off with:
"Because you work in retail you know everything?
If you will note, in my comment, I said I have a bit of insight. I don't know everything, and I have never claimed I did.
"the average person buying some POS $50 printer at CompUSA doesn't know jack about jack"
That is exactly why I posted my original comment. I am trying to help people make an informed decision when they purchase something.
"And sorry, but I have real world experience, in the field servicing thousands of printers for businesses"
No need to apologize, and congratulations on your real world experience. You have my respect for you accomplishment, however I now know I must wear my flame retardant vest when speaking with you:-)
"Any sort of ink-jet, bubble-jet, or whatever sucks"
Great job in thinking like a business. Unfortunately, most home users don't have a spare ~$3000 for a color laser machine to print their school documents and birthday photos.
"Laser printers are the only way to go. HP lasers are solid (even home use machines like the 1200). Toner is cheap, $70 buys you thousands of prints"
Well, almost. The toner for the 1200 is ~$85. Also, the top-feed HP lasers tend to develop an over feeding problem, where they draw in every sheet of paper in the tray at once and jam, and the only fix is a little rubber insert into the feed tray. This costs ~$50, and usually comes with an additional ~$80 HP certified tech to push the cardboard insert into the machine, placing the rubber. The bottom draw machines are great, and I think are on sale for ~$600 at office max this week, but that's still a bit more than most homes are willing to spend.
I'm pretty sure the C62 does not use the DuraBrite inks, however those inks can be purchased for the 925 EPX, which uses the 6 inks and also has a "paper roll" which is a roll of 4" paper so you can cut it when a print is done, thus leaving no waste. A great idea, one which I hope is emulated by other brands, however it is doubtful.
The only problem, like I stated before, is if you purchase the inexpensive papers, or even the non-epson papers, the DuraBrite inks don't show properly, and sometimes even smear well after drying (and no, I'm not using laser paper for this test, just generic 20-pound recycled paper).
I agree completely, the only thing I would add is that on HP's laser machines, the rollers and paper feed trays go bad. On the 1000 and 1200 printers, the rollers routinely go bad, and the only fix is a little rubber insert into the feed tray. This costs ~$50, and usually comes with an additional ~$80 HP certified tech to puch the cardboard insert into the machine, placing the rubber.
As for their network-ability, they are second to none in the line of printers that can be found at your local retail stores.
To start: out of the 6 machines that I have seen on display at the two stores I worked at, only one of them didn't develop the crooked draw problem. Nearly every customer I have dealt with has agreed on my with this problem.
My parents once made the mistake of purchasing a Compaq branded Lexmark machine. The cartridges cost $68 to replace, over half the cost of the machine. It prints slowly (which isn't really a problem, but the speed for this machine is measured in minutes per page vs pages per minute), and was replaced by Compaq 3 times before their warranty period ended. They recently upgraded to Windows XP, and although drivers were released for it, the drivers are actually for Win2k, and don't work on XP after the system is rebooted.
They are not the only ones with these problems, and Compaq has even stated that they are no longer supporting their Lexmark machines. I do believe it's a coincidence that this announcement came at the same time they were bought by HP.
Sadly, I work in a retail environment, so I have a little insight into this area.
Printers, nowadays, are made to last about 2 months longer than the manufacturer's warranty period. Why? Because it gives meaning to the retail store's warranty. If you buy a machine with no extended warranty, and it breaks 2 months after the manufacturer's warranty is over, what do you do? You can't return it, it's been more than 30 days since purchase. You can't call the manufacturer, because their warranty is over, and they owe you nothing. Next time you buy a machine, though, you will (most likely) get that extended warranty for an additional $30.
But aside from that, here is a list of home use printer manufacturers to stay away from:
1) Lexmark
In terms of machine life span, expect no more than one year from Lexmark. And even then, they are riddled with problems such as drawing the paper in crooked. Also, companies such as Dell and Compaq bulk purchase Lexmark printers and rebrand them, so stay away from them as well.
Epson is much better than Lexmark, however their newer printers are very picky about what paper and ink you use. In fact, if you use the name brand epson ink but not epson paper, chances are that the ink will run or absorb wrong and your print will look all sorts of bad. When you use all of their propriety stuff, it looks great, but you pay more for that great look. Much more.
HP makes high quality printers. The prints look great, they are fast, and they have all sorts of features like digital camera card readers and little color LCD screens that let you see what picture you are about to print out. With these toys comes a much higher price tag. Also, their ink system for their home line of printers sucks. The machines put much more ink on the paper than is needed and the cartridges cost quite a bit to replace. HP overall is a good brand to go with, but not for long-term usage. If you buy an HP, buy the warranty. Trust me, you will use it.
Canon is by far the best manufacturer in terms of home use machines right now. Their S series has machines that fit almost everybodys' needs, including the s750 which is great for small offices that need speed but not photo quality, and the s820 that prints beautiful photos but isn't the fastest. Canon is also the only company that is making inexpensive cartridges for their machines and using them as a standard for the entire model line. They are even cheaper if you get the generic brand, and have a much lower failure rate due to their simplicity.
Brother's laser machines are great and last a long time (if they work right out of the box, but that's another issue), but never, ever get one of their inkjet machines. Low print quality, leaky cartridges, over-charging for replacement ink, etc. Laser machines are great, inkjets suck.
Lastly, Sharp makes a copier that can be used as a laser printer. It's main use is a copier, but can be hooked up through the USB port to act as a color scanner and laser printer. It gets good quality and is pretty quick, but toner is a bit costly in these machines to use as a daily printer, so I wouldn't recommend it.
I believe that covers them all, so let's hear the flaming from Lexmark fanboys. If there are any real questions or requests for elaborations, I will reply to those.
I was a bit wary from the first article on the GP32, but since it already has built in support for MP3 playing and stable gameboy/NES emulation, it has just about everything I need.
All I would have to do is write a small Palm-type program for address book, calculator, notepad and such, and it definitely earns my pocket real estate.
MS made their own standards when they released the.Net system. I am hoping that Mozilla doesn't decide that what they like and don't like about a certain scripting language or even HTML itself becomes their "standard" and is allowed.
And while my comment above may have cast me in a completely anti-MS light, I do commend them for getting their act together in the CSS area long before Netscape was able to.
I have really been impressed with mozilla since they went fully standards compliant (back in '96 I remember it being all the rage to complain about netscape and how their "netscape-isms" like the , etc tags were ruining HTML).
Let's hope that with these new developer features they continue with this compliancy, and don't go and do what MS did to scripting/programming languages when they released.NET
There will always be a use for wired PCs. This is exactly why Desknotes were made: It's a laptop computer and makes the employees happy because they have a cool little toy, but they still can't leave the desk because there is not battery on the unit, thus forcing you to be (1) tethered to a wall, presumeably in the office while doing work, or (2) carry a small power generator with you.
Handheld devices are great and all, but people want something that they can do everything on, all at once. When we see a handheld device that runs at 2Ghz (or equivalent speeds at a different frequency) and has a 17" screen on it, then it will be post-pc era. Tablet PCs have come close, and Laptops are there, but none of them are handheld.
The article talks about market share of embedded vs. oem distributions of operating systems, but I just don't see how the embedded market will span from the business users to the home BF1942 players and Kazaa users.
It may be more expensive (usually around $150), but it uses a command line interface with a seperate output window, you can split the screen to view graphics and source at once, it's open source (like all TI calculators using basic), and the manual comes with an ok intro to programming.
Also, unlike the other calculators (I think) it allows the calling of external functions and programs, which can be sorted into folders in the filesystem.
Throughout my entire Alg II class in high school I programmed two games: an RPG with multiple skill levels and the option to save games (that's when I learned to use coherent variable names, hehe), and an Oregon Trail type game that was never finished, mainly because I had to do all of my assignments in the last week of class to pass with a 70%.
Ok, I put that subscription to good use and read the article be being able to post. The only problem is that I still have the same question as I had before I read the article.
What is this really good for? In the article, they say it's to prevent disasters like the Columbia space shuttle not doing such a great job on re-entry?
--ok then--
How will this help prevent disasters like the Columbia space shuttle not doing such a great job on re-entry?
If you all will remember correctly (or if I didn't pay enough attention and got some misinformation), the Columbia space shuttle had a heat plate problem on the bottom. These plates are made to hold up while being heated to temperatures above that of the surface of the sun. NASA knew that something happened. They were pretty sure one of those plates was damaged.
They knew and said there was nothing they could do about it while the shuttle was in space.
If another shuttle gets a plate damaged, and NASA can clearly see it while the shuttle is in space, what will they be able to do? They shuttle doesn't carry enough supplies to keep the people out there until a spare part can be brought out, and even if it did, there virtually no way to fully secure it and make it work.
So, I ask: What will this do other than waste photograph time? If anybody could elaborate I would appreciate it.
id Software has always been on the forefront of gaming, ever since the original Castle Wolfenstien. It's no surprise that they now are the first to offer gambling based on this style of gaming. It's also a good idea that they decided to break up the cost per death/frag by skill levelled matches, however I wonder what qualifies a person to compete in a certain skill level?
I only have two questions now:
1) What legal implications will this bring about? Think about it: parents wanted to sue Wizards of the Coast and Nintendo because they thought Pokemon cards were a form of gambling.
2) Approximately how long until I lose (note correct usage of the word) my last $5?
I guy I know simply uses a chunk of wood (the size of the laptop) to seat his laptop in his lap. It not only gives it a more staple surface, but also allows him to sit comfortably without his legs overheating.
As for myself, I don't have a laptop. Anybody donating?
I would assume the committee thing works well for K-12 because you need multiple people looking into it. One to give the information, one to make sure it's at the right level, one to word it, one to correct the wording, one to put it together in a logical format, and one to take all the credit:-p
With colleges, though, you rarely have multiple people who know enough about the topic to be teaching tomorrow's engineers, comp sci majors and teachers. It only takes one person, an expert above other experts in the field, to know what needs to be known and put it into a (semi) coherent format.
Disclaimer: I could be completely wrong. This is in no way legal advice. When in doubt, post it as an Ask Slashdot.
1) E-mailed a real address at the animation company, requesting a written takedown claim. Result: No reply.
2) E-mailed the client, informing him that he needs to take down any copyrighted content. Result: Client returns e-mail saying he has a disclaimer. Yeah. Well If I get the written complaint, his site gets taken down.
This client is a rich kid in Texas going rampant with his mom's credit card. If I get the takedown notice, it wouldn't be uncharacteristic of him to buy a license to the tv shows he is offering for download.
As for the intent of the original e-mail writer, I think it was a person who didn't like that tv show and was trying to start an online flame war (yes, it's an anime tv show).
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The Canon s750 is about as close to what you want as one can get in the inkjet catagory. The black cartridge holds nearly twice as much ink as HP cartridges, the machine puts less ink on each page, and the name brand Canon replacement black is only ~$15, with generics priced at ~$12 that work just as good.
The colors are also very inexpensive, and are individual, meaning one color per ink tank. You only replace what has run out. In the generic form, all three colors are only ~$23, meaning a total of ~$35 for the ink replacement, or about half as much as the other brands.
Couple that with 20 pages per minute print speeds (advertised, expect about 13-15 in real life) and you get a great machine.
As an added bonus, the thing only costs $90 at your local Staples store, meaning you get much more than you pay for. Sound good enough?
Ok, this will take some work.
:-)
To start off with:
"Because you work in retail you know everything?
If you will note, in my comment, I said I have a bit of insight. I don't know everything, and I have never claimed I did.
"the average person buying some POS $50 printer at CompUSA doesn't know jack about jack"
That is exactly why I posted my original comment. I am trying to help people make an informed decision when they purchase something.
"And sorry, but I have real world experience, in the field servicing thousands of printers for businesses"
No need to apologize, and congratulations on your real world experience. You have my respect for you accomplishment, however I now know I must wear my flame retardant vest when speaking with you
"Any sort of ink-jet, bubble-jet, or whatever sucks"
Great job in thinking like a business. Unfortunately, most home users don't have a spare ~$3000 for a color laser machine to print their school documents and birthday photos.
"Laser printers are the only way to go. HP lasers are solid (even home use machines like the 1200). Toner is cheap, $70 buys you thousands of prints"
Well, almost. The toner for the 1200 is ~$85. Also, the top-feed HP lasers tend to develop an over feeding problem, where they draw in every sheet of paper in the tray at once and jam, and the only fix is a little rubber insert into the feed tray. This costs ~$50, and usually comes with an additional ~$80 HP certified tech to push the cardboard insert into the machine, placing the rubber. The bottom draw machines are great, and I think are on sale for ~$600 at office max this week, but that's still a bit more than most homes are willing to spend.
I'm pretty sure the C62 does not use the DuraBrite inks, however those inks can be purchased for the 925 EPX, which uses the 6 inks and also has a "paper roll" which is a roll of 4" paper so you can cut it when a print is done, thus leaving no waste. A great idea, one which I hope is emulated by other brands, however it is doubtful.
The only problem, like I stated before, is if you purchase the inexpensive papers, or even the non-epson papers, the DuraBrite inks don't show properly, and sometimes even smear well after drying (and no, I'm not using laser paper for this test, just generic 20-pound recycled paper).
I agree completely, the only thing I would add is that on HP's laser machines, the rollers and paper feed trays go bad. On the 1000 and 1200 printers, the rollers routinely go bad, and the only fix is a little rubber insert into the feed tray. This costs ~$50, and usually comes with an additional ~$80 HP certified tech to puch the cardboard insert into the machine, placing the rubber.
As for their network-ability, they are second to none in the line of printers that can be found at your local retail stores.
To start: out of the 6 machines that I have seen on display at the two stores I worked at, only one of them didn't develop the crooked draw problem. Nearly every customer I have dealt with has agreed on my with this problem.
My parents once made the mistake of purchasing a Compaq branded Lexmark machine. The cartridges cost $68 to replace, over half the cost of the machine. It prints slowly (which isn't really a problem, but the speed for this machine is measured in minutes per page vs pages per minute), and was replaced by Compaq 3 times before their warranty period ended. They recently upgraded to Windows XP, and although drivers were released for it, the drivers are actually for Win2k, and don't work on XP after the system is rebooted.
They are not the only ones with these problems, and Compaq has even stated that they are no longer supporting their Lexmark machines. I do believe it's a coincidence that this announcement came at the same time they were bought by HP.
Sadly, I work in a retail environment, so I have a little insight into this area.
Printers, nowadays, are made to last about 2 months longer than the manufacturer's warranty period. Why? Because it gives meaning to the retail store's warranty. If you buy a machine with no extended warranty, and it breaks 2 months after the manufacturer's warranty is over, what do you do? You can't return it, it's been more than 30 days since purchase. You can't call the manufacturer, because their warranty is over, and they owe you nothing. Next time you buy a machine, though, you will (most likely) get that extended warranty for an additional $30.
But aside from that, here is a list of home use printer manufacturers to stay away from:
1) Lexmark
In terms of machine life span, expect no more than one year from Lexmark. And even then, they are riddled with problems such as drawing the paper in crooked. Also, companies such as Dell and Compaq bulk purchase Lexmark printers and rebrand them, so stay away from them as well.
Epson is much better than Lexmark, however their newer printers are very picky about what paper and ink you use. In fact, if you use the name brand epson ink but not epson paper, chances are that the ink will run or absorb wrong and your print will look all sorts of bad. When you use all of their propriety stuff, it looks great, but you pay more for that great look. Much more.
HP makes high quality printers. The prints look great, they are fast, and they have all sorts of features like digital camera card readers and little color LCD screens that let you see what picture you are about to print out. With these toys comes a much higher price tag. Also, their ink system for their home line of printers sucks. The machines put much more ink on the paper than is needed and the cartridges cost quite a bit to replace. HP overall is a good brand to go with, but not for long-term usage. If you buy an HP, buy the warranty. Trust me, you will use it.
Canon is by far the best manufacturer in terms of home use machines right now. Their S series has machines that fit almost everybodys' needs, including the s750 which is great for small offices that need speed but not photo quality, and the s820 that prints beautiful photos but isn't the fastest. Canon is also the only company that is making inexpensive cartridges for their machines and using them as a standard for the entire model line. They are even cheaper if you get the generic brand, and have a much lower failure rate due to their simplicity.
Brother's laser machines are great and last a long time (if they work right out of the box, but that's another issue), but never, ever get one of their inkjet machines. Low print quality, leaky cartridges, over-charging for replacement ink, etc. Laser machines are great, inkjets suck.
Lastly, Sharp makes a copier that can be used as a laser printer. It's main use is a copier, but can be hooked up through the USB port to act as a color scanner and laser printer. It gets good quality and is pretty quick, but toner is a bit costly in these machines to use as a daily printer, so I wouldn't recommend it.
I believe that covers them all, so let's hear the flaming from Lexmark fanboys. If there are any real questions or requests for elaborations, I will reply to those.
I believe the answer you are looking for can be found here, just replace the term "byte" in that post to say "bit".
I was a bit wary from the first article on the GP32, but since it already has built in support for MP3 playing and stable gameboy/NES emulation, it has just about everything I need.
All I would have to do is write a small Palm-type program for address book, calculator, notepad and such, and it definitely earns my pocket real estate.
MS made their own standards when they released the .Net system. I am hoping that Mozilla doesn't decide that what they like and don't like about a certain scripting language or even HTML itself becomes their "standard" and is allowed.
And while my comment above may have cast me in a completely anti-MS light, I do commend them for getting their act together in the CSS area long before Netscape was able to.
I have really been impressed with mozilla since they went fully standards compliant (back in '96 I remember it being all the rage to complain about netscape and how their "netscape-isms" like the , etc tags were ruining HTML).
.NET
Let's hope that with these new developer features they continue with this compliancy, and don't go and do what MS did to scripting/programming languages when they released
that was sarcasm, to show the point that a handheld will not overtake the computer market any time soon.
There will always be a use for wired PCs. This is exactly why Desknotes were made: It's a laptop computer and makes the employees happy because they have a cool little toy, but they still can't leave the desk because there is not battery on the unit, thus forcing you to be (1) tethered to a wall, presumeably in the office while doing work, or (2) carry a small power generator with you.
Handheld devices are great and all, but people want something that they can do everything on, all at once. When we see a handheld device that runs at 2Ghz (or equivalent speeds at a different frequency) and has a 17" screen on it, then it will be post-pc era. Tablet PCs have come close, and Laptops are there, but none of them are handheld.
The article talks about market share of embedded vs. oem distributions of operating systems, but I just don't see how the embedded market will span from the business users to the home BF1942 players and Kazaa users.
Ye olde copy of Doom II
I know there's better games, but he said old, slow computers.
manufacturers who are interested in running Windows Media Technology on Linux-based consumer devices
Wow.. they must have a huge* target audience with this one...
*Please excuse the incorrect use of the word "huge" in the above sentence. To read correctly, replace "huge" with "non existant"
Well, I'm too lazy to find all of that stuff and then go install it.
So, I found this instead.
It seems like it should work just as well and have only a minimally higher cost, but the up front cost is much much less (~$500 vs. ~50).
w00t for extended laziness!
The TI-89 is much better for programming on.
It may be more expensive (usually around $150), but it uses a command line interface with a seperate output window, you can split the screen to view graphics and source at once, it's open source (like all TI calculators using basic), and the manual comes with an ok intro to programming.
Also, unlike the other calculators (I think) it allows the calling of external functions and programs, which can be sorted into folders in the filesystem.
Throughout my entire Alg II class in high school I programmed two games: an RPG with multiple skill levels and the option to save games (that's when I learned to use coherent variable names, hehe), and an Oregon Trail type game that was never finished, mainly because I had to do all of my assignments in the last week of class to pass with a 70%.
Ok, I put that subscription to good use and read the article be being able to post. The only problem is that I still have the same question as I had before I read the article.
What is this really good for? In the article, they say it's to prevent disasters like the Columbia space shuttle not doing such a great job on re-entry?
--ok then--
How will this help prevent disasters like the Columbia space shuttle not doing such a great job on re-entry?
If you all will remember correctly (or if I didn't pay enough attention and got some misinformation), the Columbia space shuttle had a heat plate problem on the bottom. These plates are made to hold up while being heated to temperatures above that of the surface of the sun. NASA knew that something happened. They were pretty sure one of those plates was damaged.
They knew and said there was nothing they could do about it while the shuttle was in space.
If another shuttle gets a plate damaged, and NASA can clearly see it while the shuttle is in space, what will they be able to do? They shuttle doesn't carry enough supplies to keep the people out there until a spare part can be brought out, and even if it did, there virtually no way to fully secure it and make it work.
So, I ask: What will this do other than waste photograph time? If anybody could elaborate I would appreciate it.
id Software has always been on the forefront of gaming, ever since the original Castle Wolfenstien. It's no surprise that they now are the first to offer gambling based on this style of gaming. It's also a good idea that they decided to break up the cost per death/frag by skill levelled matches, however I wonder what qualifies a person to compete in a certain skill level?
I only have two questions now:
1) What legal implications will this bring about? Think about it: parents wanted to sue Wizards of the Coast and Nintendo because they thought Pokemon cards were a form of gambling.
2) Approximately how long until I lose (note correct usage of the word) my last $5?
consumers would be able to choose whether to have their numbers listed or unlisted
The question is, what is the default option? Will we have to tell them we don't want to be listed like we have to do with land lines?
Now I only have to wait for a couple more million copies of RedHat 8 to be sold before I get access the the source!
well, I meant stable, but staple also works, due to the fact that he works at the local staples store.
I guy I know simply uses a chunk of wood (the size of the laptop) to seat his laptop in his lap. It not only gives it a more staple surface, but also allows him to sit comfortably without his legs overheating.
As for myself, I don't have a laptop. Anybody donating?
I would assume the committee thing works well for K-12 because you need multiple people looking into it. One to give the information, one to make sure it's at the right level, one to word it, one to correct the wording, one to put it together in a logical format, and one to take all the credit :-p
With colleges, though, you rarely have multiple people who know enough about the topic to be teaching tomorrow's engineers, comp sci majors and teachers. It only takes one person, an expert above other experts in the field, to know what needs to be known and put it into a (semi) coherent format.
Disclaimer: I could be completely wrong. This is in no way legal advice. When in doubt, post it as an Ask Slashdot.
However I do remember watching my former neighbor playing it.
Now she's gotten her comp-sci major and is working in the IT dept for some university in Virginia.
I guess it was a game for geeks of the time, as it didn't seem to interest me then (before I was into computers).
Ok, here's the breakdown:
1) E-mailed a real address at the animation company, requesting a written takedown claim. Result: No reply.
2) E-mailed the client, informing him that he needs to take down any copyrighted content. Result: Client returns e-mail saying he has a disclaimer. Yeah. Well If I get the written complaint, his site gets taken down.
This client is a rich kid in Texas going rampant with his mom's credit card. If I get the takedown notice, it wouldn't be uncharacteristic of him to buy a license to the tv shows he is offering for download.
As for the intent of the original e-mail writer, I think it was a person who didn't like that tv show and was trying to start an online flame war (yes, it's an anime tv show).