At 11:11 AM 11/17/2009, you wrote:
>Mark, are you saying that the inkjet is better for photos and other 
>color images?

The high end inkjets, like a pro, or an enthusiast would use, will 
produce a better result, but my OKI is every bit as good as your 
average couple of hundred dollar Inkjet.


>Would my HP Deskjet 6540 print better pictures (that I have scanned 
>from home magazines) than a color laser?

I couldn't say, I don't know the 6450. The high end inkjets aren't 
cheap, and I would suspect you would know if you had one. You could 
always get a color laser print out from Kinkos and compare it to what 
yours does.


>  Maybe I should get a BW laser and keep the Deskjet?  If I do that, 
> is there a way (or gadget) that will allow me to switch printers easily?

there use to be a switch for parallel port printers because there is 
typically one parallel port, so a switch allowed you to run multiple 
printers off one parallel port. But with USB you can install as many 
printers as you like, and just select the one you wish to use when 
you print. All applications have the ability to select the installed 
printer you wish to print to. Of course, you can set what you want as 
the default printer, but there is lots of software that will switch 
that for you on the fly.

>  What about the drivers?  Do you know if there is one that works 
> with Windows AND Linux?

Maybe not with all the features of Windows, but you can always check 
for a Linux driver prior to a purchase.

Mark Rode 

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