Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
I don't know, but perhaps h-node has information on this: http://h-node.org/printers/catalogue/en -- although I have not found any "ink/laser" filter in that page.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
Thank you for your answer. I found these laser printers : - 01 : Brother Industries, Ltd DCP-7020 (B-partial compatibility), - 02 : Lexmark E332n (A-Full compatibility), - 03 : Lexmark E260d (A-Full compatibility), - 04 : Canon imageRUNNER 2530i (B-partial compatibility), - 05 : HP LaserJet P2015 (B-partial compatibility), - 06 : SAMSUNG SCX-4200 (A-Full compatibility), - 07 : Samsung ML-2510 Series (B-partial compatibility), - 08 : Samsung CLP-320 Series (B-partial compatibility), - 09 : HP LaserJet 1100 (A-Full compatibility), - 10 : ML-2010P Mono Laser Printer (A-Full compatibility), - 11 : Samsung ML-1640 (A-Full compatibility), - 12 : Lexmark E120 (A-Full compatibility). But I don't find them in List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots. Difficult to know whether they track you or not. Or is there a way to learn which ones don't track you ? [Why must they install tracking dots ?"]
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
[Why must they install tracking dots ?"] Here: https://www.eff.org/issues/printers
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
They are spying on us (nearly) everywhere. What a strange need !
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
ashok.biol...@mailoo.org wrote: On the website ThinkPenguin.Com I see that the only laser printer is a priori not compatible with Trisquel. I'd imagine any printer that can understand PostScript or PCL can work with CUPS (which is what I believe most GNU/Linux distributions use, including Trisquel). Is this not the case? The printer might not work via USB but would it be okay if the printer worked via network connection? Network hubs and switches are fairly inexpensive. As for avoiding tracking dots, DRMed toner cartridges, and proprietary firmware on the printer: - tracking dots: it looks like you already know about this issue. - DRMed toner cartridges: I recall Lexmark using DRMed ink cartridges in their ink printers, but I don't know if they do the same for laser toner. Then again, would it worth giving any business to an organization that treats anyone this way? - Proprietary firmware in the printer: is very hard to avoid, in my experience, as I don't know of any modern laser printer without proprietary firmware. I will try and find a reference for a problem I recently saw with one modern laser printer (a Samsung, if I recall).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
I think people are confused because the color laser printer in our catalog doesn't have Trisquel listed. It's not that Trisquel is not supported, but rather it is that Trisquel 6 is not supported by the HP driver out of the box, but it is supported 'out of the box' to some degree (at least for the core functioning of the device) by the standard postscript driver. That basically means you will have to run the printer setup wizard and follow a set of directions on our support page if you want to use it with Trisquel 6. Trisquel 7 is not been officially released and the product page has not been updated to reflect support for Trisquel 7 yet (I actually just updated, as Trisquel 7 is basically done, and just has yet to be announced). The support list is pretty much only going to have distribution and version listed if the device will 1. 'work out of the box' with at least the most recent release and 2. is fully supported. If it isn't fully supported or supported out of the box we'll frequently have notes about what is required in order to get the device working if its possible. Sometimes no info is listed and a device will potentially work still, but you are advised to contact support for more specific information.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
I opened a wiki page for the info that you guys are posting https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/printer-freedom
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
For example, if I buy, on ThinkPenguin.Com : - this computer (with Trisquel 6 / 7 / ...) and - this printer, will it (be possible to make them) work together ? The idea is to use one computer with Trisquel (without any proprietary software) and any peripheral (printer, mouse, external hard discs, usb keys, etc.). If I buy this printer, can I print only black-white when the yellow is empty ?
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
The printer will not work in Trisquel 6 (at least out of the box) because it requires a newer hplip version than what coms with Trisquel 6.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
Ah !?! isn't there a way to make them (laser printer and trisquel) work together ? I don't want to come back to inkjet printers.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
Like Chris said, it will work at a basic level out-of-the-box, just not with all of its features. To get full support, you can either do the thing he mentioned to get full support on Trisquel 6, wait for Trisquel 7 to be released, or update to the Trisquel 7 pre-release.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
I have a Samsung ML-1610 (monochrome) - it's worked perfectly with every distro since the day I acquired it, about 10 years ago. Samsung used to provide Linux drivers (they still might), but it works 'out of the box' these days.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
Let me make a small correction about support in Trisquel 6 for this printer. The printer itself will work 'out of the box' in some sense of the meaning. While Trisquel's printing wizard won't auto-detect the right driver the stock postscript driver included in Trisquel 6 will work with it, and as such there is nothing to install. Simply manually selecting the right postscript driver should be all there is to it. I'm pretty sure we've added documentation on this for Trisquel 6 to the support section of our web site. If not send us an email and we'll add it and/or link you to the documentation. * If I said otherwise somewhere let this be a correction. I probably did imply Trisquel 6 wasn't supported, but that would be at least in part wrong. It isn't fully supported out of the box is what I should have said.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
I've had some bad experiences with Samsung printers. It was with one of the early low end laser printers in fact. It's the same with HP I believe. In any event despite Samsung clearly advertising support for "Linux", they only provided proprietary drivers for a few distributions. I believe it was Redhat and maybe SUSE. These low end laser printers aren't a good choice for GNU/Linux users. They're generally not postscript compliant, and dependent on some non-free driver. That said if you bought a higher end laser printer years ago there is a much better chance it'll work fairly seamlessly as most of the higher end laser printers traditionally have been postscript compliant making supporting them easy. It is less true today than ever before though. However that said I believe there are still a lot of higher end laser printers with postscript support on the market.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
Okay, I will just use link the printer and the computer together. Then, I especially print black-white pdf (texts ; maybe with LaTex mathematics symbols, music sheets). I rarely print pictures. I rarely print in colours.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
I probably should have also added that you should also be able to set the printer to print in b/w only if you so choose. You will still need to have a set of color cartridges, but that should be the extent of it. To configure for b/w only printing just open up the printer settings, double click the printer after it has been added, go down to job options, and scroll down to other options (advanced) and change print-color-mode to monochrome.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
Thank you for your answer. I will buy them soon (just time to spare money).
Re: [Trisquel-users] Laser Printer compatible with Trisquel or totally free distributions ?
Thanks ! good job ! then new comers have the possibility to choose more appropriate (free) printers. ^^
