Peter> I have a 960 Photo printer. Excellent print quality and drivers Peter> were available on a RHL9 install. A friend has a 2200 running Peter> on a Mac: it appears to be identical to the 960, just wider to Peter> accomodate larger sheet size.
Just make it clear, you're talking about the Epson printers here, right?
yes
Peter> That said, beware of consumeables $$$!!!!!
Yeah, that's the gotcha. For me, the big issue is no hassle use from within Debian. The wife will also want to use it from Windows, but that's another story.
Actually, now that I think about it, a Network printer (ok, samba shares would be fine too) is probably a key thing, so that we both have access to either printer (we already have a laserjet 4M) from either system. Of course she's upstairs and I'm in the basement. Lots of up and down in my future. :]
Mine is dual-connected: via usb to "my" computer and via a jet-direct box for linux/network printing. Windows network printing (for example from my wife's laptop) is painfully slow to initialize, she complains all the time about that. Wasn't a problem when we had an HP1220 previously.
Peter> I've spent far more in ink and paper since January than I paid Peter> for the printer! (And I really don't print a lot.)
How many pictures can you print before you see to have to get new cartridges? Or is the paper the expensive part?
Like the Epson 2200, this one has 7 ink cartridges: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, plus Light Cyan, Light Magenta, and 2(!!) black cartridges. Running approx $9.95@ mailorder. A full box of 50 sheets 8.5x11 glossy paper (~$23 from Amazon) seems to use up a full ink set, maybe a little more depending on coverage. You'd think that roll paper might be cheaper, but I haven't found that to be the case. (Maybe supply and demand at work here.) I'm on my 3rd box of paper since January. Also, generic printing in less that "High Quality Photo" mode seems to much less ink. -Peter