[gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[Mauro Faccenda]

Hi all,

Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with 
Linux?

Thanks in advance,

Mauro
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RE: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[Dave Nebinger]

> Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with
> Linux?
> 

You can pretty much go with any printer.  Cups supports a wide range of
printers.  If you're worried about a particular product, the cups site can
help you...


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Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[Paweł Madej]

Mauro Faccenda wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with 
> Linux?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Mauro

I recommend http://linuxprinting.org site for looking at. There are many 
printers described with support for them. As you got many drivers such 
as hpjs cups foomatic gimp-print you probably find suitable driver for 
printer you want to buy.

Greets

Paul
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Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[John Jolet]

On Thursday 22 September 2005 07:34, Mauro Faccenda wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with
> Linux?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mauro
I have an hp 3740 that works great.
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Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[John Jolet]

On Thursday 22 September 2005 07:51, Dave Nebinger wrote:
> > Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with
> > Linux?
>
> You can pretty much go with any printer.  Cups supports a wide range of
> printers.  If you're worried about a particular product, the cups site can
> help you...
I'd add here, though, that almost no lexmark inkjets are supported.
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Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[Paweł Madej]

John Jolet wrote:
> On Thursday 22 September 2005 07:51, Dave Nebinger wrote:
> 
> 
> I'd add here, though, that almost no lexmark inkjets are supported.

I would not agree with it. Try install gimp-print with +ppd use flag 
there are some of them supported. The only problem with my Lexmark Z53 
which I got is how to calibrate cardriges (not the colors) - It prints 
text ok but tables are crashed.

Greets
Paul
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Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[John J. Foster]

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On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 09:34:13AM -0300, Mauro Faccenda wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with 
> Linux?
> 

HP Deskjet 5550 works just fine

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Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:17:54 -0400
John J. Foster wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 09:34:13AM -0300, Mauro Faccenda wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with 
> > Linux?
> > 
> 
> HP Deskjet 5550 works just fine

I'll just weigh in here for Hewlett Packard, (although I am told that if you want highest quality digital photo prints go for epson).

Quite simply HP support linux with good quality tools that are free in
both senses of the word - no $ and GPL.

Just chack that your printer is on the compatibilty list at
http://hpinkjet.sf.net and then install hplip 0.9.5 (which you may need
to get from bugs.gentoo.org.

Here is a re-post of a message I sent to my local lug earlier this week:

<quote>
Regular readers will be aware that my standard answers to the "which
printer/multi-function device should I buy?" are "Hewlett Packard", "HP"
and "Hewlett Packard", mainly because of their linux support. 

I am further impressed now that I have upgraded from the old hpoj/hpijs
drivers to the newer hplip drivers for my multi-function HP PSC 2210
printer/scanner/card reader/fax machine. 

hpoj required some pretty horrible command line stuff to get the printer
going, very unintuitive command structure and a case of following a set
of disconnected web pages. Sure it worked, but needed improvement.

The new beast was easier to set up and now includes an (optional) gui.
Screenshot available here:

http://rout.co.nz/hp-device-mgr.png

As you can see it has various panels, the first one has buttons to
trigger printing (brings up a gui where you can add files then print
them), scan (fires up xsane), Access photo cards (its own gui giving
thumbnails and the ability to copy some or all to another directory
etc). However Send fax is not yet implemented (nor was it from windows
when I bought the device). The programs that are actually fired up can
be configured withing the gui - ie you could bring up kooka instead of
xsane for scanning.

There is access to the print logs, various maintanance functions, and it
tells you how much ink you have left.

The functionality is also available on the command line, for example
hp-levels returns a nice little summary of the ink levels. hp-photo is
an ftp like client to access the photo card reader (actually not limited
to photos of course, its just a regular flash card reader).

All very nicely done, plus of course there are supplied PPD files so the
printer can work just fine with all the normal linux printing mechanisms
like cups. Whats more the icon to start the gui installed itself nicely
in the gnome menu :-)

I also discovered in the process how to get windows to print directly to
cups, without samba being involved, so that was a nice bonus.

And no, HP are not paying me to write this!
</quote>

> 
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> It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a
> clearer picture of reality than those who wield it.
>                                                       Noam Chomsky
> 

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Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[Norberto Bensa]

Mauro Faccenda wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with
> Linux?

HP or Epson. Try to stay away from Lexmark printers.

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Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:21:56 -0300
Norberto Bensa wrote:

>Try to stay away from Lexmark printers.
> 
> --

Ironic.

IBM spin off Lexmark in 1991

IBM subsequently become big Linux supporters.

Lexmark don't give a toss about linux.

Such is life, thank goodness for HP.

Oh and I also notice that Brother do Linux support:

http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html

Haven't fully been able to ascertain how "open" it is.

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Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[W.Kenworthy]

I agree: I have a Dell720 - a re-badged lexmark thrown in when I bought
a laptop.  A real pain to set up, had to get a propriety driver but is
now working and windoze ipp prints to it using the adobe postscript
drivers.  One (and only one!) doze machine will only print greyscale
tho!  Unfortunately my old canon bjc620 has died (probably because I had
to move to reinked cartidges - beware!) so this will have to do for the
moment.  Print quality is good.  I also believe Dell have changed the
cartidge shape so the cheaper, easier to get lexmark cartridges wont fit
- though my friendly "reinker" says he can do them (shudder...)

BillK


On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 00:21 -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote:
> Mauro Faccenda wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with
> > Linux?

> HP or Epson. Try to stay away from Lexmark printers.
> 
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> Norberto Bensa
> 4544-9692
> Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:16:39 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:

> > HP Deskjet 5550 works just fine
> 
> I'll just weigh in here for Hewlett Packard, (although I am told that
> if you want highest quality digital photo prints go for epson).

I used to think that, having used the six colour Epsons. But I had big
problems with jets blocking, so I bought a Deskjet 5150 and the quality
of digital prints, with the photo cartridge, is superb.
 

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Neil Bothwick

... "Yummy," said Pooh, as he hilted his paw into the "honeypot".

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Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers

[John Jolet]

On Sep 22, 2005, at 10:32 PM, Nick Rout wrote:

>
> On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:21:56 -0300
> Norberto Bensa wrote:
>
>
>> Try to stay away from Lexmark printers.
>>
>> --
>>
>
> Ironic.
>
> IBM spin off Lexmark in 1991
>
> IBM subsequently become big Linux supporters.
>
> Lexmark don't give a toss about linux.
>
> Such is life, thank goodness for HP.
>
> Oh and I also notice that Brother do Linux support:
>
> http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html
>
> Haven't fully been able to ascertain how "open" it is.

I have to add here that I got a samsung laser printer the other day  
for less than $100 and it has windows, mac, AND linux drivers on the  
cd.  works extremely well.
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