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Computers & Hardware => Other Technologies & Hardware => Topic started by: tickmike on March 21, 2009, 01:14:42 AM

Title: HP Deskjet F4280 All-in-One Printer
Post by: tickmike on March 21, 2009, 01:14:42 AM

HP Deskjet F4280 All-in-One Printer , Anyone used one of these ?, what do you think about 'All in one's'.

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-3202.aspx

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/ho/WF06b/18972-18972-238444-410635-410635-3390945-3571301.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_UKEN

Title: Re: HP Deskjet F4280 All-in-One Printer
Post by: roseway on March 21, 2009, 07:17:18 AM

As a general point, I would say that all-in-ones have every advantage and no disadvantage. It's very handy that you can use them as stand alone photocopiers. I've been using a C4180 for a couple of years now, and really I have nothing bad to say about it, except that the HP cartridges are expensive, and it uses a single tricolour cartridge. HP printers and scanners are very well supported in Linux as well.

Title: Re: HP Deskjet F4280 All-in-One Printer
Post by: tickmike on March 21, 2009, 09:04:53 PM

Thanks Eric.That sounds encouraging  :)
Did you use the hplid drivers off the disc or download them ?.

 I have just noticed 'synaptic' has some hplip drivers. ;)

Title: Re: HP Deskjet F4280 All-in-One Printer
Post by: roseway on March 21, 2009, 10:37:34 PM

Most distros will have hplip in their repositories. If you install hplip-gui as well as hplip, you get a friendly management utility, but the KDE Control Centre does a perfectly good job of installing the printer without the -gui package.