Hi folks, I'm now shopping an economic all-in-on Photo InkJet printer, including printing and scanner, (faxing being optional) preferrable Cannon. There are many of them available on computer shop. It won't be easy for me to decide. I only print and scan occasionally, heavy duty being NOT a MUST. The printer shall be used on Windows machine as well as Linux machine. Suggestion and comment would be appreciated. TIA B.R. satimis

If you only print occasionally an inkjet of any kind could prove problematic. Printheads get pluggged up when a printer sets too long. You might want to consider a Laser printer. As far as printing photos goes, you can print better and cheaper photos almost anywhere that photos are processed. Sam's club, Costco, Walgreen, Walmart, the list goes on. Save the photos to disk and take it to the store. The photos will keep longer and they are cheaper.

" Printheads get pluggged up when a printer sets too long. " Yup, and the ink cartridges dry out in a few months. If you can put up with refilling the cartridges yourself, it might be ok. But I finally gave up and got a laser, and I don't regret it a bit. Although they are kinda noisy, if that could be a problem.

Pay attention the printer you choose is NOT a Win printer (aka GDI printer) as those machines work only under Windows environments as the bulk of print processing is loaded to the CPU via the unified layer of drivers. No way to work under Linux. Usually the economic ones belong to that category.

I have a hp psc 2110 all in one the ink cartriges are expensive but the printhead is built into the cartridge this meaning that the head is cleanable ex. i left this prtr down stairs for about a year and thought that i would have to buy new cartridges much to my suprise i simply rubbed the print head with my finger and did a test page it printed fine color and all this model only has two cartridges unlike my all in one epson that has 6 cartridges and the head is not built in yes when the cartridges dry up then they are toast but the cartridges are 11 dollars ea the epson down side is that if you let it sit for a year then the head becomes toast (the epson needs attion once in awhile to keep the heads from getting clogged) and have to replace the printer much more that the prt hd for the hp the choice is yours look at reviews online for the printers you want i believe that the cannon has a printhead that you can buy seperately or used to good photo quality laser printers are very expensive

chrisman7 What do you call very expensive? Another problem with most inkjets is that they have counters on the unit that insists you are out of ink wheather you are or not. Big rip off if you ask me. I have a Color laser that also has a counter to tell when toner is low. However, you can override that and it will probably go for quite awhile longer. This trick was told to me by the tech support for the printer. Total cost of ownership is much lower with any laser printer.

Hi folks, Thanks for your advice. I'm aware HP is well Linux supported. What model of HP printer would you recommend. I use it on desktop PC, not network printer nor heavy duty. But it must print photo. TIA B.R. satimis