Printer advice

[Gerhard Magnus]

On 7/20/23 10:36, Bill wrote:
> 
> On 2023-07-20 00:01, gene heskett wrote:
>> On 7/19/23 22:27, Bill wrote:
>>> HI.
>>>
>>> I have to select a printer for a new Ubuntu installation.  The old 
>>> printer has "died" so I need to select a new printer.  the 
>>> requirements are:
>>>
>>> 1. The most important thing is that it must work with Linux. (This 
>>> goes without saying.)
>>> 2. It must operate with a USB connection.  ( Wireless connections are 
>>> problematic. )
>>> 3. It has to be a color ink jet printer.
>>> 4. It should be inexpensive.
>>>
>>> I would prefer it to be a HP printer.  Any input would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Bill Stanley
>>>
>>
>> While I would prefer Brother I have 2 of them here,  Both of them work 
>> to their full capability with brothers own drivers for linux IF you 
>> remove cups-browsed so the bother drivers have full access to the 
>> printer. A relative high end brother MFC-DJ6920-DW color inkjet, 
>> several years old now, never clogged a nozzle, ink has brilliant 
>> colors when doing photo work on glossy paper from the top tray, or 
>> usable color at 10 pages a minute on duplex paper from the bottom 
>> tray, can handle 11x17 tabloid paper hand fed from a rear slot, and 
>> has a scanner on top that does beautiful color work with a duplexing 
>> adf for letter/A4, or lift the top for full tabloid sized copy's.
>>
>> For utility black and white, brother has a small, cheap at $120 laser, 
>> spits out duplex B&W at 19 pages a minute, and like the bigger inkjet 
>> Just Works if its got paper in the drawer.
>>
>> Cheers, Gene Heskett.
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> You helped solve the printer issue.  You reminded me about the unused 
> Brother printer I have.  I will be give it to my neighbor that has the 
> "dead" printer.
> 
> By the way, personally I avoid Brother printers because I had one. It 
> prints very good but had a big drawback for me.  I use a printer maybe 5 
> to 6 times a year.  The model I had ( MFG J485DW) squirted a small 
> amount of ink periodically to prevent the jets from clogging. It was 
> running out of ink and I only printed once.  I now use a laser printer 
> which is perfect for my use.  No more wasted ink for me!
> 
> Bill Stanley
> 
Hi Bill,
	The last HP printer I had "with free ink!" gave me so much grief and 
frustration I almost took a hammer to it before I took it to Free Geek 
for recycling. Then I googled "HP printers are crap" and found out I was 
far from alone.
Jerry