[TriLUG] Best printer?

[Ron Kelley]

A few months ago I was in the same situation (old HP with expensive cartridges), and a good friend of mine recommended the "Canon MFC8380Cdw" printer.  I purchased it from PCRush for about $380 (cheaper today at $360) and received it in just a couple of days.

After using it for a while, I must agree this is a very good printer.  It is a color printer with fax/scan/wifi capabilities, and it prints fantastic.  Best of all, the replacement cartridges are very inexpensive compared to the HP stuff.  I am able to scan using the flatbed and scanner feeder directly to an SMB storage area on my linux machine.

Here are some links you might find useful:

http://www.pcrush.com/product/All-in-One-Multifunction-Printers/755105/Canon-imageCLASS-MF8380Cdw-21ppm-600-x-600-dpi-Wireless-Network-Color-Laser-Multifunction-Printer

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5PK-Canon-118-2BK-CYM-Color-Laser-Toner-Cartridge-for-MF8350Cdn-MF8380Cdw-/350535925107?pt=US_Toner_Cartridges&hash=item519d91bd73

I don't know if it is supported under Debian, but the Canon page has drivers for "Linux".  I use it with my Mac, and it works wonderfully.


-Ron





On Mar 25, 2013, at 8:33 AM, Peter Neilson wrote:

> A couple of years ago I bought an HP 6500 "all-in-one" to replace an aging Canon 4400. I've been less than pleased. Replacing an ink cartridge generally takes one to two hours as the machine complains, "Ink cartridge missing or damaged" when the cartridge is actually brand new and properly inserted. It is not possible (for instance) to print in b&w if a color cartridge isn't right, or even to do scanning. Eventually it magically starts working correctly.
> 
> Right now all the cartridges are in place correctly, but the machine fails to print black ink. My computer room is on the second floor of my house, and the nearby window is tempting me to test the 6500's abilities in aviation.
> 
> The "usual resources" thus far have provided me with no definitive answers of wireless printers appropriate for Ubuntu 12.10 or even for other Linux systems. Horror stories are available for every model, as far as I can see.
> 
> Does anyone have any solid recommendations? I'd like print/scan/copy. Don't need fax. I fully expect the cost of buying the thing to be much like owning a horse, where the initial cost is always swamped by the cost of the ink or horse feed.
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