On Wed, 7 Jul 2021 07:55:21 +0200
Peter Boy <pboy(a)uni-bremen.de> wrote:
> Am 07.07.2021 um 00:33 schrieb James Szinger
<jszinger(a)gmail.com>:
>
> On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 09:57:47 -0600
> Greg Woods <greg(a)gregandeva.net> wrote:
>
>> Question #2 is, are any of the all-in-one laser printers any good
>> and work (all functions) with Fedora Linux?
>
> I currently have an HP Color LaserJet MFP M477fdw. It prints great
> from Fedora, CentOS, Mac OS, iOS, MS Windows, and Android. I
> usually scan to e-mail or USB disk. I can also scan over the
> network from Fedora 34 with xsane and airscan.
From my experience of about 30 years the HP software support or
multifunction laser printers is really superb and works smoothly.
There is no difference to inkjet devices. For that reason I avoid any
of the cheaper laser printer alternatives. It’s not worth the
headache and the time to spend resolving issues. For heavy load and
quality requirements Lexmark is an alternative.
My current HP support “driverless” printing with all the smarts on the
printer. All the devices I list above just discover it on the network
and print without installing additional software. A previous DeskJet
became trash when HP didn’t update the drivers to support the latest
MacOS. Well, that and the clogged nozzles.
I also had a Lexmark that died after only 8 years of light home use.
I hope the current LaserJet lasts as long as the previous ones.
Jim