Multifunction printer with Linux support?

JD jd1008 at gmail.com
Sat Oct 23 16:46:56 UTC 2010


  On 10/23/2010 05:35 AM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:04:20 -0700
> Darlene Wallach wrote:
>
>>> Brother MFC-8370DN, it has drivers for both linux and osx.
> If it is a multi-function device, make sure the drivers drive
> everything and not just the printer bit, otherwise you have only
> a printer that is too expensive.
>
> Almost all of the HP all-in-one devices have full support for
> all the features under hplip (though for some reason they seem
> to keep this a secret - you'll never see linux support
> mentioned on any HP product page).
You have brought up a good point.
Brother does not offer the apps to support
scanning, copying, faxing, ...etc...etc
They have never supported Unix/Linux with
the same apps they deploy for windows.



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