Wireless printer with Linux compatibility

[Rob Dawson]

That sounds weird that it won't print OO docs Boden, my HP's have always 
printed any type of document.  Do you have hp-lip installed?

Rather than wait for the mods, here is what I posted earlier:

I only use HP printers because I find they have the best support for 
Linux and a system tray app that works well.  I have been using Ubuntu 
for about 7 years and HP printers (wireless and cabled) for about 5 of 
those without any hassles (I threw out the Epson and Canon printers 
because they just didn't play as well).

The main thing I need to do with each new printer is make sure the 
connection is setup correctly otherwise it can have problems scanning, 
throwing a lot of "Device not found" IO errors.  To get them both 
working (printer and scanner) I create separate printer connections for 
both.  Here is a link to the screenshots showing the different connections:

Printer Setup 
<https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1590391/Printer/Screenshot%20from%202012-10-16%2007%3A29%3A29.png>

Scanner Setup 
<https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1590391/Printer/Screenshot%20from%202012-10-16%2007%3A30%3A00.png>

Both connections use the same driver but I find doing it this way gets 
both working flawlessly every time.  There are other ways to do it I'm 
sure but this works for me.  Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Rob

On 16/10/12 09:37, Boden Matthews wrote:
> At home, I have a HP Photosmart Premium C310 that has WiFi, I had no 
> issues connecting to it and printing from it. It's got internet 
> connectivity as well, so worst case scenario and you can't connect to 
> it, you can just email whatever you needed to print to it and it will 
> print it (after a 1-2min delay). I've emailed it Word documents and 
> PDFs that printed fine, but it doesn't like OpenOffice docs unless 
> they're saved in PDF or Word format, which is kind of annoying.
>
> Regards,
> Boden Matthews,
> http://bodenm.wordpress.com <http://bodenm.wordpress.com/>
>
>
>
> On 16 October 2012 09:11, Rob Dawson <radawson at netspace.net.au 
> <mailto:radawson at netspace.net.au>> wrote:
>
>     I did reply Jim but I included a couple of screenshots and it
>     appears my reply is being held for the mods to approve.  Not sure
>     if you can include images in this forum?  If it bounces I'll
>     resend you the reply with a link. Short answer - HP is the only
>     way to go for Linux printing and wireless is no problem, I've been
>     using their printers for 5 years on Linux.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Rob
>
>     On 16/10/12 09:01, Paul Gear wrote:
>>     On 10/16/2012 05:41 AM, Jim Tippett wrote:
>>>     I intend to purchase a wireless printer for our home network. 
>>>     We use Ubuntu 12.04, Peppermint 3 and Windows 7. Was thinking
>>>     about the HP Officejet Pro 8600 and wonder if anyone has some
>>>     experience they can share.
>>>
>>>     Thanks,
>>>
>>>     Jim Tippett
>>>
>>
>>     I haven't used any wireless printers, but i recommend checking
>>     out the OpenPrinting database:
>>     http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/database/databaseintro
>>
>>
>>     In general, HP seem to be pretty good with providing info to
>>     Linux developers, but there are some exceptions.
>>
>>     Paul
>>
>>
>>
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