On Sun, 2022-06-19 at 17:58 -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:54:16 Richard England<pdx.li...@gmail.com> > wrote > > So, it's time again for me to> get a new printer/scanner as the > old > one> just died. > > I hope it isn't too much off-topic to solicit advice on what to get > > so > > that it would work flawlessly with Fedora. I'm looking for a rather > > basic model. When I browse the homepages of manufacturers I can't > > find > > any mention of support for Linux. Is there a list somewhere of > > printer/scanners that are supported by Linux? > > As usual you need to know what you want to do, first. > All the major manufacturers have supported Linux for years. Generally > you only need an actual driver for a USB connected printer or > scanner. > My advice is that you look for a used HP or Brother laser printer > (Craigslist/Kijiji). They last forever and are easily > installed/handled > by CUPS. Get one with a built-in network card, or find one *really > cheap* and buy a network print server for $25-$30. The printer can be > put somewhere out of the way (same with wireless capability). You can > print directly from any computer or tablet or phone. > > The HP and Brother laser printers "just work". The laser printers can > sit for weeks, using effectively no power but still available.
I'd just add that my Brother WiFi printer/scanner works just as well (using the manufacturer's driver blob which is essentially just a CUPS installation script), so no need to take up a USB port or add a network card. No doubt HP ones would also be fine. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
