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Quote from: Redchief on October 10, 2022, 09:53:34 PM[...]Xerox 6022 phaser color laserAll work great.Great thanks for the tip!I only used Canon LBP 5000 (a color laser printer).The rest, were (ink) jet printers.I've been asking myself a lot about Xerox phaser printers, but never got the guts to spent money on one. Let alone a color one. Cartridges are expensive enough to make you think more than twice before spending the bucks... Since any color printer (jet, too) uses at least three (a good one uses four though...), that skyrockets the expenses. In România (my homeland...), a new color laser is about 30% cheaper than refilling the old one with new cartridges... Sometimes, you find "compatibles". Sometimes, you have to buy "the real thing" though...Second Hand devices, on the other hand, for home use... I'd skip this path. For multifunctional devices, yes, but they have mass-printing-scanning capabilities and, obviously, you need more room for such one. Best regards!
[...]Xerox 6022 phaser color laserAll work great.
Well you know I have to give my 2 cents worth on this subject because of the trouble I've had with my Canon printer. If I would have known I was going to be using a Linux OS 2 years ago I would have purchased one of the HP laser printers because they work on Linux out of the box without any problems from what I've read. Stay away from Canon as they have a difficult process to install their Linux drivers that can make a Linux beginner grab a sledge hammer and beat the printer to death. I have first hand knowledge of this frustration.
I suppose it depends on what type of printing you plan to use it for? I am parcel to the older HP laserjet monochrome laser printers because that is what I'm used to. It does about 95% of plain black prints for practical use. I also own a small Xerox color phaser 6022 for economical color printing. All work nice on linux. In the past, inkjets would dry out if not used everyday. Maybe there are better ones I don't know about.
Quote from: Jerry on October 10, 2022, 01:12:58 PMAs long as it's easy for Grandma to plug-and-play her printer into a linux system, I'm all for it.Me too!
As long as it's easy for Grandma to plug-and-play her printer into a linux system, I'm all for it.
Printer OEMs have begun to adapt standards for driverless printers because of the massive proliferation of cell phones and the need to print from those devices. This is a good thing for the future of desktop Linux printer compatibility given that Linux will be able to easily use those protocols without the need for printer specific proprietary drivers. Modern printers will all be changing to these protocols so Linux may finally be rid of OEM printer driver nuisance.https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrintingTC