[GTALUG] Request for printer recommendations

[Rick Johnson]

Any major distro has hplip in the repos. Go HP. It always works. Anything
else is a gamble whether you'll have drivers or an expensive paper weight.

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Clive DaSilva <cdasilva at iprimus.ca> wrote:

> We use HP printers at our place ( Deskjet 3050a J11 series, HP Photosmart
> c 4700 series , HP Deskjet 5700) and they co-operate well on  our network
> of three Linux boxes (2 Fedora 21 and one Linuxmint17) ant three Windows 7
> computers. HP does a great job on Linux support.
>
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> From: talk [mailto:talk-bounces at gtalug.org] On Behalf Of Stewart C.
> Russell
> Sent: June-27-15 11:20 AM
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> Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Request for printer recommendations
>
> On 2015-06-26 03:09 PM, Darryl Moore wrote:
> >
> > I have a Brother printer/scanner too ( MFC-J6510 ). I'll admit it
> > works well, when the drivers are installed properly.
>
> As a footnote to all this philadelphia, Brother printers can be a bit of a
> pain for non-x86 systems. The scanners on their MFCs are essentially
> paperweights on anything but Intel.
>
>  Stewart
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