From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   TJ wrote:   
   > On 02/17/2013 01:22 AM, Adam wrote:   
   >>>> BTW after inconclusive struggles with wireless connectivity under   
   >>>> Mandriva and Mageia   
   >>   
   > Update on my struggles with wireless and Mageia 2: Still testing, but I   
   > seem to have solved my connectivity problem by blacklisting the driver   
   > supplied with the kernel and installing the latest driver from Realtek.   
      
   So apparently another factor (in addition to the distro) is the wireless   
   card/chip/adapter and therefore what driver will be needed.  I hadn't   
   thought of trying a different driver.  "eris" (2007 desktop) is now my   
   test system, with a cheap but adequate PCI WiFi card I got from eBay.   
   Getting wireless configured for each distro on it (same hardware,   
   obviously) has ranged from trivial to "not yet".  Maybe some of them   
   aren't using the correct driver.   
      
   [printing]   
      
   > A thought - my aging HP's both use #56(black), 57(color), and 58(photo)   
   > carts.   
      
   So does my father's Deskjet 5150.  The Officejet I'm using now takes 21   
   (black), 27 (black but more ink), and 22 (color) but /not/ 28 (color,   
   more ink).  I suppose someone at HP figured that an Officejet user would   
   be doing a lot more in black than in color.  All of these look nearly   
   identical to the 56/57/58 but of course are incompatible.  The 56 and 57   
   cost more than the 21/22 but have more ink so the cost per page is lower.   
      
   > but I refill the others myself, with   
   > good results with the black and sometimes mixed with color   
      
   I tried refilling the color cartridges but finally gave up because of   
   cross-contamination.  I've had better success (but not 100%) refilling   
   the black, but for important stuff like photo quality, I use HP ink and   
   paper.  For that family collage, I used store-brand photo paper and many   
   shots printed darker than they appeared on my monitor.   
      
   > beyond that, I have had good luck   
   > finding genuine carts, still sealed in the HP packaging, on eBay at   
   > lower prices than retail.   
      
   Yes, that's my usual source for HP ink carts too. :-)  In a week or two   
   of fairly intensive bidding, I can buy enough cartridges to last for   
   several years.  In fact, when the cheap Deskjet D1430 (bundled with that   
   2007 desktop) died, I had so many unused ink cartridges on hand that I   
   practically was forced to get a printer that could use them.  That   
   printer came from eBay too.   
      
   > I used to buy carts from various refillers with good   
   > results at first, but in later years (I'd guess as the carts were   
   > refilled several times) not so much.   
      
   I've never bought other-brand or refilled cartridges, but then I don't   
   use the inkjet that much.  I acquired a dinosaur HP Color LaserJet 5   
   which is big, noisy, and a power hog, but cost per page is so low that I   
   use it for almost everything.   
      
   > Classic white glue doesn't hold particularly well if moisture is a   
   > problem, even after it is fully set. Over time the moisture will   
   > dissolve it.   
      
   Thanks, I wasn't aware of that.  I use that mainly for small porous   
   things like paper, cardboard, and broken knicknacks.  My father taught   
   me the importance of the right adhesive for the job.  His hobby was   
   sailing, so he had some glues that could handle immersion in water.   
      
   Adam   
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