Colour MFD recommendations?

[Boden Matthews]

After a quick Googling I found that HP has an official Linux driver
(HPLIP). The list of supported printers is at
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/release_notes.html and install
instructions are at
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html
 Regards,
Boden Matthews,
http://bodenm.wordpress.com



On 15 February 2012 11:26, Boden Matthews <boden.matthews at gmail.com> wrote:

> I use a HP PhotoSmart C310, haven't tested with Linux, but it has WiFi
> networking plus ePrint, so if it doesn't work with Linux you can just set
> it up to email docs to it and it will print them.
>  Regards,
> Boden Matthews,
> http://bodenm.wordpress.com
>
>
>
>  On 12 February 2012 17:47, Paul Gear <paul at libertysys.com.au> wrote:
>
>>  **
>> On 06/02/12 08:11, Andre Mangan wrote:
>>
>> The HP C5280 MFD I had was cheap and worked very well for just over a
>> year and then spewed black ink on the wall as it died.
>>
>> Replaced with an Epson Artisan 725.  Epson support Linux via its Avahy
>> site and take pride in doing so.  Thoroughly recommended.  Great for photo
>> printing - in fact it does everything and more.
>>
>> Another HP printer, not MFD, has been giving good service for over ten
>> years.
>>
>> Canon?  Poor Linux support.  Not recommended.  Same with Kodak.  Same
>> with Lexmark.  Same with Dell (rebranded Lexmark).
>>
>>
>> FWIW, we went with an HP OfficeJet 4500 - $84 from Harvey Norman.  It has
>> a really cheap and nasty embedded JetDirect device (which supports only
>> SNMPv1), but that's still a lot more convenient than having to have a PC
>> turned on in order to make it function.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
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