Printers and Scanners for Ubuntu (12.04, or 13.04)

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 06 September 2013 17:36:39 Gilles Gravier did opine:

> We have a Brother, but working with Ubuntu is  pain... :(
> 
I have 2 Brother lasers.  Once I had downloaded the firmware updates, AND 
the linux drivers from Brothers site (the linux link is hidden damned well)
they both Just Work(TM).
> Gilles
> 
> On 06/09/2013 18:50, David Fletcher wrote:
> > On Fri, 2013-09-06 at 12:37 -0400, Doug wrote:
> >> HP will not support anything over 5 years old--won't even make a
> >> manual available on the Internet--so after 5 years, you may have to
> >> throw the thing out. I am very disappointed with HP, since at one
> >> time they made the cream of the crop.
> > 
> > Hope Brother machines last longer than that - I recently bought one of
> > their lasers specifically for infrequent but reliable use.
> > 
> > Dave


Cheers, Gene
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