On Tue, 2021-07-06 at 09:57 -0600, Greg Woods wrote:
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.
That's a general problem with the inkjet technology. That, and wasting
lots of ink in their cleaning cycle before they'll print. I've got an
all-in-one that insists on wasting several minutes cleaning the heads
even if I just want to use the scanner by itself.
I've not heard of any that don't behave like that (clogging and ink
wasting), and was advised to just print something once a week or so,
whether you needed to, or not. Print a small shopping list, bank
statement, something like that.
For printing I use an old HP LaserJet. HP has been one of the better
manufacturers for producing hardware that worked on Linux. Any that
have built in networking and support postscript is a promising sign of
being usable (e.g. search for those models first, then see if you can
find Linux info).
I believe some people have good luck with the Brother brand, too.
Now that Macs use CUPs for printing, it should be easier to find a
printer that works with Linux.
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