[GTALUG] Request for printer recommendations

Kevin Cozens kevin at ve3syb.ca
Sun Jun 28 01:18:09 UTC 2015


On 15-06-27 08:46 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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.

HP may do a good job on printer support but support for their own brand 
scanners is a bit lacking.

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Kevin.

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