Home office printer recommendations?

[Aaron C. de Bruyn]

To add a little more that I forgot last night...

I think just about every new HP printer works with Ubuntu.  Afterall,
they designed 'hplip' The HP Linux Printing System.

And with the K550 network version you also get the AVAHI/Bonjour printer
discovery so you don't have to give it a static IP address or worry
about that side of the network administration.  Although be careful if
you are using it across a routed wireless solution--AVAHI/Bonjour
usually doesn't route across devices.

-A

> I'm partial to the HP Officejet Pro K550.  It can connect via USB or
> over the network (depending on the model you get).  My wife uses it for
> printing pictures, and I occasionally dump an email or HTML receipt to
> it.  If I remember correctly, the printer was around $350 (for the
> network version) and it works out of the box with Ubuntu.  The only
> thing that seems a little odd is that Ubuntu keeps telling me I'm low on
> ink when I reach about 50%--although it could be the printer reporting
> that instead of Ubuntu.
> 
> The only drawback is that it's a CMYK printer and  costs about $100 to
> get the 4 cartridges of 'official' HP ink.  If you buy off-brand you can
> usually get them for around $40.
> 
> As for wireless, I know HP has a few options--the K550 may even support
> it.  If not, you can always plug it into a wireless access point or buy
> specifically a wireless print spooler.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> -Aaron
> 
> > Hello again Ubuntu gurus,
> > 
> > My wife needs a color inkjet to replace the cheap one we have that's
> > dying.  This is for a home office and will be used extensively, so it
> > needs to be of good quality.  (And because of some of the material she
> > is printing on, it does need to be some sort of inkjet.)  And I would
> > greatly prefer something supported by Ubuntu out of the box.
> > 
> > Do any of you out there have any recommendations?
> > 
> > ...And is there such a thing as a wireless networked printer?
> > 
> > Thanks for your help,
> > 
> > Michael
> > 
> > 
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