It turned out to be NZ$50+ just to get a technician to look at my years old lump of junk. So I wound up just buying a new scanner/printer. With discounts of about 20%, I got it for NZ$388. The model is a Canon Pixmar MP500. It can print on CDs and DVDs, and I even have the cartridge and gear to load them in. The catch is that I've never seen a CD or DVD for sale here in NZ that's intended for printing on. *grins at Poly* It's also got separate colour ink cartridges, so no more running out to buy a new colour cartridge when I've only run out of one colour from three. There's an internal paper tray as an option, so I'm less likely to leave it open and get dust in it that way. Unlike the old one it also handles duplex printing, so no more having to 'borrow' the family laser machine with NZ $250 refill cartridges if I need something multisided. I might just get some use out of my thermal binder now that I have a printer that works.

The model is a Canon Pixmar MP500. I have a Canon and have always liked it, so I approve. I'm sure you were just sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to hear that, huh?

It turned out to be NZ$50+ just to get a technician to look at my years old lump of junk. So I wound up just buying a new scanner/printer. With discounts of about 20%, I got it for NZ$388. My needs are probably quite different to yours, but I've just got an HP2605 colour laserjet, for short CD cover runs and suchlike.  It's quite nice, although none of the Linux drivers for it would work and insisted on printing solid black pages.  In desperation I fed it raw post_script_ data and then it worked perfectly. The big advantage is that since I only print colour sporadically I don't have to buy a new set of ink cartridges when it's been left a while.

The model is a Canon Pixmar MP500. I have a Canon and have always liked it, so I approve. I'm sure you were just sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to hear that, huh? Oh ... yes.   Yeeees yes yes. Wait, that came out creepy, didn't it?

The model is a Canon Pixmar MP500. I have a Canon and have always liked it, so I approve. I'm sure you were just sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to hear that, huh? Oh ... yes.   Yeeees yes yes. Wait, that came out creepy, didn't it? No more than normal, really. -thehawk

It turned out to be NZ$50+ just to get a technician to look at my years old lump of junk. So I wound up just buying a new scanner/printer. With discounts of about 20%, I got it for NZ$388. My needs are probably quite different to yours, but I've just got an HP2605 colour laserjet, for short CD cover runs and suchlike.  It's quite nice, although none of the Linux drivers for it would work and insisted on printing solid black pages.  In desperation I fed it raw post_script_ data and then it worked perfectly. The big advantage is that since I only print colour sporadically I don't have to buy a new set of ink cartridges when it's been left a while. Color laserjet (we have to pay extra for the 'u' here) is my next purchase as well. -thehawk