The HP C5280 MFD I had was cheap and worked very well for just over a year
and then spewed black ink on the wall as it died.
Replaced with an Epson Artisan 725. Epson support Linux via its Avahy site
and take pride in doing so. Thoroughly recommended. Great for photo
printing - in fact it does everything and more.
Another HP printer, not MFD, has been giving good service for over ten
years.
Canon? Poor Linux support. Not recommended. Same with Kodak. Same with
Lexmark. Same with Dell (rebranded Lexmark).
Andre
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On 5 February 2012 18:05, Chris Robinson fabricat...@yahoo.com wrote:
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
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*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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