Speaking as a photographer interested in photo printing technology and
longevity of papers and inks, Canon make technically great products but their
software support for Linux is borderline at best. Most people seem to
recommend HP and for this reason I think I'll go upmarket HP in the future.
Having said that, if there's a Canon printer that is recommend for installation
in Ubuntu/Linux then it's good alternative.
The only brand name I'd avoid aggressively is Kodak: dubious technology
(especially inks) and zero Linux support - this from their support site:
8---
Q. Can I use my all-in-one printer the with LINUX Operating System?
A. All-in-one printers do not support LINUX OS at this time. The all-in-one
printers are designed to work with WINDOWS XP, WINDOWS
VISTA, and WINDOWS 7 Operating Systems and with MAC OS 10.4.8 or higher.
8---
Apart from this, Kodak have just filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in
the states. Eeek!
I think the best thing to do would be to Google current printers you may be
interested in on Linux forums and sites, and see what people are saying about
specific current models. Check to see if there are driver modules and reports
of people using them successfully. Unfortunately this list (Ubuntu AU) has too
few active posters to really get a representative sample regarding a fairly
specialised topic like this (how many of us have just bought a printer?).
If anyone has any recommendations though, don't let my last comments put you
off...
Chris
From: Jared Norris jrnor...@gmail.com
To: Paul Gear p...@libertysys.com.au
Cc: Ubuntu AU List ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Sunday, 5 February 2012 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: Colour MFD recommendations?
On 3 February 2012 12:21, Paul Gear p...@libertysys.com.au wrote:
Hi folks,
Can anyone recommend a cheap-ish, reliable colour MFD which works with
Ubuntu? We've been using an HP OfficeJet Pro L7300 and have had quite a few
reliability problems on the printing side, and it's more than the cost of
new printer to fix them.
Essential functions:
Reliability
Linux Windows compatible
Scanning
Photo document printing
Desirable:
Network
Don't care:
Fax
Thanks in advance,
Paul
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I was going to suggest something from the HP range and just suggest
you hit your price point as best as you can but it seems that's
probably what you did to get that the L7300. I've had a HP PSC2610 for
years and it's never missed a beat but it's only home user quality. HP
were the only brand I'd ever heard consistently good things about so
let us know how your search goes if you don't mind.
No one else has any suggestions?
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