[Klug-general] Printer suggestions

[George Prowse]

Mike Evans wrote:
> I'm thinking of getting one of the HP multifunction printers. 
> (Printer/Scanner/Copier all in one.)  Anyone got any experience with 
> them and Linux or any reason I should buy something else.
> 
> One of my key criteria is that it should fit in the cupboard under my 
> desk along with my shuttle PC.  The new ones have the advantage that 
> they are pretty much self-contained within the dimensions of the unit, 
> unlike my current Epson printer, which has a sheet feeder sticking up 
> and out at the back.  This means it has to sit on my desktop and destroy 
> my Feng Shui.  (More importantly eating up valuable desk space.)
> 
> I wonder about the merits of getting one with separate colour cartridges 
> as opposed to black and then colours combined.  The HP colour laser at 
> work has separate units for each of the colours - but I note that it 
> always demands that all three are replaced at the same time.  That can't 
> be can it?  It makes me think unkind thoughts about HP.
> 
> Mike
> 
Think *REALLY* hard about printing in linux and get one that works with 
it out-of-the-box otherwise it is hell.

Printing in linux is one of the only places that it is woeful and a 
million miles behind windows.

Have a look at these:

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters

George