[Wylug-discuss] Wireless Printer Recommendations?

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 02 April 2010 17:09:24 Tommy He wrote:
> I am not sure about the wireless printer one but the HP printers mostly
> have great support on Linux.
> 
> From my experience of Canon MP272, I do not recommend Canon ones though
> they provides Linux drivers for some of their models. They tend to use
> their own protocol to connect with printer and scanner rather than the
> commonly used CUPS and SANE.
> They may cause problems for some end-user applications such as GIMP.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tommy He
> 
> On 2 April 2010 13:59, Tim Medcalf <tim at kadixi.com> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> > 
> > My first post to the group so apologies if this has been covered
> > before...
> > 
> > I'm looking for a wireless printer, good for photos and general/business
> > printing. Photocopying and scanning would be great too. Duplex would be a
> > plus too.
> > 
> > Can anyone recommend one? I'm thinking HP is the way to go, but willing
> > to be corrected!
> > 
> > If it helps, I'm currently running ubuntu lucid beta 1 but also have a
> > couple of karmic machines.
> > 
Brother do provide Linux drivers - my daughter's all-in-one works well - but 
I've no experience of using it with wireless.

Anne
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