[NTLUG:Discuss] Followup on $24 HP all in one

[Kevin E. Ivey]

Fred wrote:
> OK, I just delivered the computer/printer to the woman who 
> had complained about how slow it was. Cleaned out over 500
> things - no viruses, though - put in 1GB ram instead of the
> 256M, defragged then installed opensuse 10.3/KDE 3.5
> and lotsa goodies. I added an old external modem I had
> because she only has dialup available. The cd/dvd was either
> dirty or whatever, so it got swapped out.
> 
> The all-in-one is the $24 HP F2210 from Wal-mart. The
> latest hplip made it print and the latest xsane got the scanner
> working. Copying is done from the control panel on the unit. 
> The ink cartridges say that they are the same capacity as the 
> replacements, which were about $35. I was absolutely amazed
> that an all-in-one that cheap would work.
> 
> So, a dual boot system with both XP and os 10.3 and an
> all-in-one that works seamlessly in either operating system.
> 
> Fred

Howdy,

With HPLIP, my HP OfficeJet Pro L7580 works perfectly out of the box.

I prefer the SANE frontend to anything in Windoze and gscan2pdf is an 
invaluable tool!

It is understandable that the low-end HP machine works fine.  I'm sure 
they all use the same chips to control them...

Kevin