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What do they use for printing, and scanning, printing being the most important? I'd really love to know that

hippich 12y ago
there is plenty of hardware which "just work" with existing drivers for linux. with large organization like that they can find right configuration which will just work. this is how apple does it too - they spec their hardware to perfectly match their software. same can be done with that kind of transiton.
- vfclists 12y ago
  Do you know of any home or small business printers that work with Linux out of the box?
  - hvperborea 12y ago
    http://linuxdeal.com/Printer-Pixma-MP280 http://linuxdeal.com/Printer-Pixma-MP280
  - jebblue 12y ago
    There is a large company who is known for their printers. Search Google for them, odds are they make whole lines that will work just fine with any Linux made in the past 7 or 8 years. No driver disk needed probably. Printing, scanning and fax would not surprise me.
  - omegaham 12y ago
    Immediately of the box? No. A single driver installation? Yes, for both HP and Brother. Canon's stuff is a little weirder, but it's not terrible.
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  - tjohns 12y ago
    My HP Color LaserJet (CP2025n) worked just fine with Elementary OS. Didn't need to install any drivers, they were already present. It even can use Bonjour/Zeroconf to auto-discover it on the network. I've found network-enabled laser printers generally tend to work really well with Linux.
  - hippich 12y ago
    Go to walmart.com, find 5 printers you like/need. Google about their support in linux (i bet at least one of 5 will be very well supported, if no - repeat first step.) and order it. Done. While you shopping I would advise you to look also for price for their supplies and ability to refill cartridges. While it is not necessary for you to refill these, the fact they are refillable will put a pressure on the price on retail market for supplies for this printer, which make it more cost effective for your. In general I found older HP business laser printers and Brother printers are quite good in this regard.

there is plenty of hardware which "just work" with existing drivers for linux. with large organization like that they can find right configuration which will just work. this is how apple does it too - they spec their hardware to perfectly match their software. same can be done with that kind of transiton.

vfclists 12y ago
Do you know of any home or small business printers that work with Linux out of the box?
- hvperborea 12y ago
  http://linuxdeal.com/Printer-Pixma-MP280 http://linuxdeal.com/Printer-Pixma-MP280
- jebblue 12y ago
  There is a large company who is known for their printers. Search Google for them, odds are they make whole lines that will work just fine with any Linux made in the past 7 or 8 years. No driver disk needed probably. Printing, scanning and fax would not surprise me.
- omegaham 12y ago
  Immediately of the box? No. A single driver installation? Yes, for both HP and Brother. Canon's stuff is a little weirder, but it's not terrible.
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- tjohns 12y ago
  My HP Color LaserJet (CP2025n) worked just fine with Elementary OS. Didn't need to install any drivers, they were already present. It even can use Bonjour/Zeroconf to auto-discover it on the network. I've found network-enabled laser printers generally tend to work really well with Linux.
- hippich 12y ago
  Go to walmart.com, find 5 printers you like/need. Google about their support in linux (i bet at least one of 5 will be very well supported, if no - repeat first step.) and order it. Done. While you shopping I would advise you to look also for price for their supplies and ability to refill cartridges. While it is not necessary for you to refill these, the fact they are refillable will put a pressure on the price on retail market for supplies for this printer, which make it more cost effective for your. In general I found older HP business laser printers and Brother printers are quite good in this regard.