Once upon a time I had a lexmark colour laser printer that worked OK with Linux, but the cartridges cost a Vast Fortune and you had to buy them from Lexmark.
I gave it away and bought the Brother printers I'm using now. They seem to work fine. P. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Lexmark printers are known to be bricks with Linux, and I have a > Lexmark brick myself. > > I've had good luck with Samsung laser printers, both colour and B&W. > You need to install a (non-free(dom)) driver, and ensure the parallel > port daemon is removed (CPU hog), but otherwise Samsung printers work > fine. > > I've had success with Brother laser printers (B&W multifunction units) > too. > > - --Bob. > > > On 25/06/15 01:58 PM, Malgosia Askanas wrote: >> Dear List, >> >> I am a new and green Ubuntu laptop owner in the GTA, and am >> wondering if you could recommend a b/w laser printer (preferably >> USB-wired) that would work smoothly with Ubuntu. As I discovered, >> my Lexmark E232 (that works beautifully with my Macs) is not (at >> all) Ubuntu-liked... >> >> With many thanks in advance, Malgosia Askanas > > > Bob Jonkman <[email protected]> Phone: +1-519-669-0388 > SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ > http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/ http://sn.jonkman.ca/bobjonkman/ > Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting > GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability > > iEYEARECAAYFAlWMs5EACgkQuRKJsNLM5eqnzgCgnWcOdfXbViClrNmRn0f0sB2g > GEoAoO4DjoU7UGe7bAIEvVbOKBiktHrf > =HIJv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Peter Hiscocks Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto http://www.syscompdesign.com USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator 647-839-0325 --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
