[MLUG] looking for a scanner and colour printer

[Leslie S Satenstein]

I have been using Brother Products since 2004 in a linux environment

Brother has a color laser scanner fax, duplex printer that is affordable.  You can get toner refills from a few places that stock the powder or buy cartridges from Bureau en Gros.

Check out the models and then look to the brother website for supported drivers and cups files.  By the way, the printer is also a network one.

 
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Regards

 Leslie

Mr. Leslie Satenstein
50 years in IT and going strong.
Yesterday was a good day, today is a better day,
and tomorrow will be even better.
 
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>________________________________
>From: Jeremy <me at jeremychapman.info>
>To: mlug at listserv.mlug.ca
>Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 3:58 PM
>Subject: Re: [MLUG] looking for a scanner and colour printer
>
>On 11-10-22 01:23 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>> My scanner stopped working as Debian upgraded.  it still works with
>> Debian Lenny (old stable), but not with Squeeze (stable) or wheezy
>> (testing).  The problem seems to be that the scanner violates some
>> aspects of the USB protocol, by sending a cancel signal after every
>> scan.  The newer kernels apparently have a more unified USB handler
>> that handles cancel signals; whereas in lenny each device handled its
>> own.
>>
>> Now either I stay with lenny, or I get a new scanner, I suppose.
>>
>> We cold also use a good colour printer.  My wife is an artist, and the
>> printer she was using has moved out of the house with my daughter.
>>
>> Now my wife is enamoured with the convenience of a combination
>> scanner/colour printer.
>>
>> Now there's no problem going to a local office supply store and seens
>> oodles or printers, scanners, and combo machines.
>>
>> What I want to know is, which ones work well with Linux these days,
>> which are affordable,  and which ones are really *good*.
>>
>> I'm not that crazy about the one I still use on Lenny.  I have documents
>> with faint text I can read clearly but the scanner simply does not pick
>> up.  Neither does my son's scanner, nor a commercial photocopy shop, though.
>> Failing to see visible faint lines is, of course, not good enough for
>> artwork.
>>
>> -- hendrik
>The HPLIP drivers are pretty good, most HPs are well supported for 
>printing. Scanning is always iffy, in my experience stay away from 
>Epson, although they make the best photo scanners imo. I have had luck 
>with both a canon all-in-one and an HP, both using wifi.
>
>Jeremy
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