printers for UBUNTU?

[Ray Parrish]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> elmo wrote:
>   
>> which printers are OK for ubuntu  and which should be avoided.?
>>     
>
> There are so many working printers ...
> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters>
>
> Personally I would never buy anything from Lexmark, because about 5 
> years ago they sold a printer which claimed Linux support but it had a 
> driver which only worked with a then already outdated Red Hat version. 
> Of course they may have changed their Linux policy, but I won't forget 
> having wasted many hours searching for a working driver.
>
>
> Nils
>   
I'll second that opinion, as I have a Lexmark 845 printer, and there are 
no Linux drivers available for it. The closest driver I found was for 
the Lexmark 810 which does not work. I have to reboot to Windows 
[shudder] if I want to print. 8-)

Later, Ray Parrish

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