Brian (12021-08-10): > Over the years HP has been a stalwart supporter of Linix printing and > imaging via HPLIP. However, any *modern* MFD made by HP supports a > driverless printing environment such as the one Debian provides. HPLIP > is, in fact, redundant with a modern MFD.
> You are not mistaken. But not only Does Debian provide driverless > printing but it also provides driverless scanning via SANE and, in > addition, the sane-airscan package. sane-airscan is in bullseye and > in buster-bacports. > Whatever has been said above also applies to to any other *modern* > device from these vendors. > CUPS will cease to support drivers and PPDs in the coming years. Users > may as well come to terms with driverless printing. HPLIP and other > vendor drivers will not have any place in a future CUPS. Thank you for these very helpful general informations, and thanks to Brad for the specific information about the particular model. About Brother: the only model worth considering for us is the DCP-J1200DW, and it is only a little cheaper than the HP, and the characteristics of the HP are a little better, including double-sided printing which is not necessary for our use but still a nice thing to have. Considering that AFAIK Brother is more reputed for its laser printers than for all-in-one inkjets and that I want to recompense being a stalwart supporter of Linux printing, I think I will stay with the HP. Regards, -- Nicolas George
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