Easiest for me, personally and as a consultant, has been HP family of printers. Auto detects and I believe the unified driver is in repo and automatically loads for their products. Fred Roller <div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 9, 2015 4:27 PM, "Marc Dunord" <<a href="mailto:marcdunord@gmail.com">marcdunord@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">the samsung CLX-3185 multifunction works great with xubuntu but it's pricey.... On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Neil Winchurst <<a href="mailto:neilwin@drofle.co.uk">neilwin@drofle.co.uk</a>> wrote: > On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 16:02:06 +1100 > >> On 09/11/15 10:32, >> J. Paul Bissonnette wrote: >> > On Sun, 8 Nov 2015 22:44:55 +0100 >> > Teach <<a href="mailto:pbrteach@gmail.com">pbrteach@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> > >> >> TX. >> >> That will be a next move buying an HP >> >> >> >> 2015-11-08 9:46 GMT+01:00 Neil Winchurst <<a href="mailto:neilwin@drofle.co.uk">neilwin@drofle.co.uk</a>>: >> >> >> > I moved away from HP to Epson due to the cost of ink. >> > >> > The HP I had absolutely refused to use 3rd party cartridges, so I >> > was stuck with buying over prices products. There was also an >> > expiry date on them, which meant, if you didn't use it up by that >> > date the printer quit working until new cartridges were installed. >> > >> > I gave the HP away and bought an Epson that was on sale for 150$ >> > invested 50$ in a refill kit. 4 refillable cartridges, 4 bottles of >> > ink, syringes and a chip resetter. Instead of paying 110$ for >> > set of OEM cartridges It cost me about 5$ a refill now. The ink I >> > use is also being use by a local photographer, so it is of good >> > quality. >> > >> > When you invest in a new printer check out the cost of operation, >> > these companies are not in the consumer printer business; but, the >> > consumer ink business. >> > >> > I have already mentioned my HP Photosmart 5520 printer, which works > well. I used the 'proper' inks for the first year, while still under > guarantee. Then I moved over to compatibles, which are so much cheaper. > I have had no problems at all. I get a message saying that I have > installed some compatible cartridges, but that is the only difference. > Apart from the much lower price of course.. > > Neil > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>