On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 01:18:36AM +0300, Matti Pulkkinen wrote:
> Sam Varshavchik kirjoitti 16.8.2020 klo 21.18:
> >This varies printer by printer, I suppose. But for HP printers,
> >these days, it's fairly straightforward. The only thing you have
> >to do is some due diligence, and verify that the particular HP
> >model is supported by hplip.
>
> My expectation based on a previous bad experience with a Samsung
> printer (and various horror stories I've heard online) was that
> Linux support in printers would range from abysmal to just plain
> terrible, but it seems there are actually a fair few models from HP
> which even advertise Linux support. Maybe I'm still living in a past
> age. Either way it's nice to be pleasantly surprised.
>
I have or have had 3 brother printers here, of three widely diverse generations.
they all worked fine on Linux. the oldest one, when I initially connected it up
I used USB, and Linux (an old CentOS, probably 4.x, could I but remember) popped
up a window saying such-and-such printer found, do you want it to be automatically
configured? so I said yes and voila, a working printer!
the laer two, DCP-7065N and HL-L2360DW work fine with the Brother drivers.
I read a review on the 2360 a while back that mentioned one of the "standard"
drivers that comes with Linux also works with it, but don't recall which.
the 7065 is a multifunction, and using the Brother drivers, not only does
it print, but the scanner works too.
Oh, all of them were connected via ethernet (even if the first started as USB,
it wasn't long before I dragged a network cable over to it).
Fred
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