> Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
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>> As for the original poster's HP aversion... i've had good luck with HP.
>> At home i use an HP 2605dn, a duplexing color laser printer that has
>> worked beautifully for my light use. That exact model is probably no
>> longer available since HP regularly rotates their consumer models, but
>> they undoubtedly have something similar today.

2009/4/6 Aaron Poffenberger <akp@hypernote.com>:
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> I specifically went with HP after doing my research and can second Dan's
> recommendation of the HP's 2605dn. I have the same printer and did nothing
> more than setup a printcap entry for it to be the default printer and it
> just works. I really like the fact that it has a web-management console that
> lets me configure anything available from the Mac & Windows desktop app. I
> also like that on both Mac & PC you can opt to install just a print driver
> without the management crap. Some printers require desktop-software running
> in the background in order to use the printer. This one doesn't.
>
> All-in-all, a nice printer.

Grand, grand. It's your purchase, so your satisfaction with it is
paramount. Personally, I'd not want a HP product unless there was no
alternative and it was unavoidable. Or maybe if I got it for free.
Generally speaking, I'm just not really convinced that HP printers are
all that great.

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