[Cialug] Printers

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 13:05 -0600, Stuart Thiessen wrote:
> Just curious if you have found any particular printer or brand of 
> printers to be more or less friendly under Linux? I have a Lexmark at 
> home and I found out that there are no drivers for my particular model 
> of Lexmark printer. So I became curious about this from the average 
> user point of view.

I have a Samsung personal laser (ML-2010) that came with Linux drivers
in the box. I didn't need them in Edgy, but I did in Dapper. It works
perfectly - power saving mode, manual feed - just works.

I've had several HPs that all worked as well. However, sometimes they
don't work when networked... for example, my current Office Jet (5500
series) hooked to a Windows computer is inaccessible to me over the
network. However, few companies support Linux as broadly as HP's
products.

I had a Lexmark Optra laser that worked perfectly as well.

Like Nathan said, getting postscript support built in is a safe way to
go. However, most printers need drivers if you want to do other stuff
like choose the paper tray and adjust settings. Also, Postscript can
cost a little extra.
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