From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RH9bK-0001gz-Nw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:33:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 985AD21C138; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:32:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 037BE21C12A for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:31:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyh5 with SMTP id 5so4370196wyh.40 for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:31:39 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.163.83 with SMTP id z61mr4896740wek.77.1319182298935; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:31:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.16.141 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:31:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1319181622.7931.2@numa-i> References: <878voffal1.fsf@blackwolfinfosys.net> <1319181622.7931.2@numa-i> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:31:38 +1100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended printer? From: Mike Sampson To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 7c2c7d7a9e6a40d9e36dc5657aaeed57 On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 10/21/2011 02:32:42 AM, Michael J. Barillier wrote: >> I've wasted enough time beating on my current boat anchor of a >> printer >> hoping it'll start working. =A0linuxprinting.org is currently offline, >> so >> in the meantime does anyone have a suggestion for an inexpensive >> printer >> that is known to work with cupsd and Gentoo? >> > > I've made some bad (strange) experiences with printers connected via > USB (under CUPS). > > Therefore, I've bought a Kyocera FS-1028MFP. > > It has an ethernet connection built in. > I can print duplex, copy duplex (even a duplex document feeder) > and has a scanner (even in color), sending the file via ftp. > > Kyocera is known for very low operating costs. > [snip] Kyocera printers are very nice. I have a FS-1030D which doesn't have ethernet as standard however I purchased it as an option. Mine is a fairly basic device though it supports IPv6, POP3/SMTP, SNMP, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Really happy with mine. Had it for about 3-5 years I guess. Mike