[GTALUG] Request for printer recommendations

[phiscock at ee.ryerson.ca]

Once upon a time I had a lexmark colour laser printer that worked OK with
Linux, but the cartridges cost a Vast Fortune and you had to buy them from
Lexmark.

I gave it away and bought the Brother printers I'm using now. They seem to
work fine.

P.

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> Lexmark printers are known to be bricks with Linux, and I have a
> Lexmark brick myself.
>
> I've had good luck with Samsung laser printers, both colour and B&W.
> You need to install a (non-free(dom)) driver, and ensure the parallel
> port daemon is removed (CPU hog), but otherwise Samsung printers work
> fine.
>
> I've had success with Brother laser printers (B&W multifunction units)
> too.
>
> - --Bob.
>
>
> On 25/06/15 01:58 PM, Malgosia Askanas wrote:
>> Dear List,
>>
>> I am a new and green Ubuntu laptop owner in the GTA, and am
>> wondering if you could recommend a b/w laser printer (preferably
>> USB-wired) that would work smoothly with Ubuntu.  As I discovered,
>> my Lexmark E232 (that works beautifully with my Macs) is not (at
>> all) Ubuntu-liked...
>>
>> With many thanks in advance, Malgosia Askanas
>
>
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Peter Hiscocks
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