Colour MFD recommendations?

[Chris Robinson]

Speaking as a photographer interested in photo printing technology and longevity of papers and inks, Canon make technically great products but their software support for Linux is borderline at best.  Most people seem to recommend HP and for this reason I think I'll go upmarket HP in the future.  Having said that, if there's a Canon printer that is recommend for installation in Ubuntu/Linux then it's good alternative.


The only brand name I'd avoid aggressively is Kodak: dubious technology (especially inks) and zero Linux support - this from their support site:
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Q. Can I use my all-in-one printer the with LINUX Operating System?



A. All-in-one printers do not support LINUX OS at this time. The all-in-one printers are designed to work with WINDOWS XP, WINDOWS 
VISTA, and WINDOWS 7 Operating Systems and with MAC OS 10.4.8 or higher.
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Apart from this, Kodak have just filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the states.  Eeek!


I think the best thing to do would be to Google current printers you may be interested in on Linux forums and sites, and see what people are saying about specific current models.  Check to see if there are driver modules and reports of people using them successfully.  Unfortunately this list (Ubuntu AU) has too few active posters to really get a representative sample regarding a fairly specialised topic like this (how many of us have just bought a printer?).

If anyone has any recommendations though, don't let my last comments put you off...



Chris



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 From: Jared Norris <jrnorris at gmail.com>
To: Paul Gear <paul at libertysys.com.au> 
Cc: Ubuntu AU List <ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com> 
Sent: Sunday, 5 February 2012 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: Colour MFD recommendations?
 
On 3 February 2012 12:21, Paul Gear <paul at libertysys.com.au> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Can anyone recommend a cheap-ish, reliable colour MFD which works with
> Ubuntu?  We've been using an HP OfficeJet Pro L7300 and have had quite a few
> reliability problems on the printing side, and it's more than the cost of
> new printer to fix them.
>
> Essential functions:
>
> Reliability
> Linux & Windows compatible
> Scanning
> Photo & document printing
>
> Desirable:
>
> Network
>
> Don't care:
>
> Fax
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Paul
>
>
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I was going to suggest something from the HP range and just suggest
you hit your price point as best as you can but it seems that's
probably what you did to get that the L7300. I've had a HP PSC2610 for
years and it's never missed a beat but it's only home user quality. HP
were the only brand I'd ever heard consistently good things about so
let us know how your search goes if you don't mind.

No one else has any suggestions?

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