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how is Cups support?
by ekianjo 3y ago
how is Cups support?
- rstuart4133 3y agoFine. I use a https://www.epson.com.au/products/ecotank/ET-4750.asp https://www.epson.com.au/products/ecotank/ET-4750.asp with Cups. It just works. Surprising the Linux scanner software they provide also works, if a little clunky. The heads don't clog on these printers, although perhaps they do need to be continuously powered to pull that trick off. As the sibling comment said, they are cheap to run, and as reliable as a laser. I gather all manufacturers have similar models that work just as well, including HP. Be warned that since you aren't being ripped off for the ink you will be asked to pay the real cost of the printer. The cost is comparable to a laser, but much higher then their "we are going to gouge you on ink" cousins they will be sitting beside on the store shelf.
- treyd 3y agoThe standard Ubuntu document scanner app also justwerks with the Epson printer/scanner my dad has, surprisingly. I'm not even sure how.
- oynqr 3y agoFor printing, pretty much everything now works with IPP Everywhere, even if not certified. For scanning, SANE has built-in backends for most devices, and even a built-in as well as a third-party AirScan backend, which will again work with most newer devices.
- frognumber 3y agoOn mine, plug-and-play.
- thesuitonym 3y agoI have a WF-4833 and CUPS/SANE support is really great. The only problem I've noticed is if you use two-sided scanning with the ADF, the odd pages will be upside down. You could probably fix it if you use SANE at the command line, but I've only ever used XSane, and had to manually flip the pages after scanning.