[Gllug] Recommendation wanted for printer/scanner

[Alain Williams]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:31:26PM +0100, Ryan Cartwright wrote:
> Alain Williams wrote:
> > My HP OfficeJet G85 seems to be on the way out. It is reporting 'Scanner Failure'
> > when I switch it on, printing is still OK - prob not worth repairing.
> > Not heavily used but I did get it more than 6 years ago.
> > 
> > What would you recommend for a printer/fax/scanner/photocopier ?
> 
> Slight touch of deja vu here as I'm sure this was asked recently on the
> list. Anyway I can heartily recommend the HP 5180 which I picked up in
> PC World for about £70. I wrote a piece about installing it on a minimal

Thanks ... but does not have the fax function ... that I need occasionally.

> Debian system for Free Software Magazine -
> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/installing_all_one_printer_device_debian
> (tinyurl version: http://tinyurl.com/hp5180Debian ) but essentially it's
> install hplip and run hp-toolbox. SANE/XSANE/Kooka/GIMP etc. and the
> web-interface work fine and OOTB for scanning across the network.

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