Any advice of which printer to get?

[Per Ragnar Skåtøy]

> > Hi!
> >
> > I have just started in a new job, and they have given me among other things the hob to get a new printer for the linux-rooms at our school.
> >
> > They have the following requirements :
> >
> > 1. The printer must be an inkjet
> > 2. The printer must have an ethernet connection
> > 3. Minimal installation required
> > 4. The superusers already know how to use CUPS to stop and start queues so the printer must work in CUPS
> >
> > I have looked at a HP deskjet 6980/6940 but im not sure if this will work with CUPS without to much work.
> >
> > Any tips to give me on this printer or any others you might recommend instead?
> >
> > Per R Skaatoey
>
> Why an inkjet? Cheap to buy, but relatively expensive to run. Unless you only want to print colour images fairly infrequently, I'd suggest a (colour?) laser printer. You don't say how many users you would like the printer to serve, and for how many working hours a day.
>
> No-one has ever been fired for buying an HP laser printer, have they? :-)
>
> John A. Murdie
>

I dont think so :)

why an inkjet? well mainly because as you say its cheap to buy. And secondly because they wont listen to reason. They are the users and they  know best (Obviously we that work in IT dont know anything)

So instead of arguing with them and lose, as I know i will, i just nod and go buy an inkjet.

Per R. Skaatoey