On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 at 12:58, Greg Woods <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, not completely OT because I do need one that will work on Fedora.I have found a number of ink jet all-in-ones that work well on Fedora, from
Epson, HP, and Brother. The problem is that I don't use the printer all that
much, and every single one of them eventually (after I've had it for a few
months) develops a head clog that is so bad that not even the printer's
cleaning cycle can fix it. I have tried some of the cleaning kits with not
much success (I'm a lousy handyman), and even if I could get the cleaning
kits to work, I'd rather find a printer where I can avoid this headache.So, is there any such thing as an all-in-one ink jet printer that does not suffer
from this problem if it is not used regularly? Question #2 is, are any of the
all-in-one laser printers any good and work (all functions) with Fedora Linux?
I have 2 Cannon inkjets. One (MG 7520) is used heavily for B&W, rarely for color,
and an MP510 used when the 7520 isn't working due to some wifi issue (like when
POE switch for the AP's died) or when waiting on a replacement ink cartridge. MP510
is quite old, so Cannon may have found a way to fix the "to reliable, doesn't die the
day after warranty expires" bug. I use high quality 3rd party ink cartridges when I can
get them. I live in Nova Scotia, so it is humid except in winter (and in recent
years when "winter" has gone from good sledding to freezing rain here). If you
live in a dry area head clogging may be worse.
You might consider making a practice of printing the "test" page periodically. I'm
finding there is a log of churn in printer drivers across all platforms. The last time
wifi went out I the MP510 wasn't working in Fedora (print job active but never
printed, so I used a Window 10 system). I had to remove and reconfigure the
MP510 in Fedora 33, so now I'm thinking I need to print a test page from time to
time to make sure it will be available when needed.
George N. White III
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