[MLUG] looking for a scanner and colour printer

[Stephane Bakhos]

>> What I want to know is, which ones work well with Linux these days,
>> which are affordable,  and which ones are really *good*.
>
> I can't tell you what's good or what's cheap, but in terms of support
> for GNU/Linux, HP has been and seems to still be the king of the hill.
>
> Various other manufacturers provide support as well, but it seems most
> of them do so with proprietary drivers.  I've heard rumors that Brother
> has seen the light, but haven't been able to confirm (e.g. I can't seem
> to find them in Debian).

Some of Brother's drivers are open source, other are proprietary.
I've been using a MFC-J615W and all functions work over the network.