[TriLUG] linux-friendly printer (was Re: Vbox guest OS choices)

[Ken M]

Not looking to ditch the printer yet.  I mean it works well and Lexmark 1 cartridges are still reasonable.  But yeah I am not letting any more non linux compatible peripherals in this house. 

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> On Jul 11, 2014, at 12:08 AM, Matt Whitlow <matt.church.whitlow at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thinkpenguin.com has a good selection of Linux friendly printers. 
> 
>> On July 10, 2014 11:56:17 PM EDT, Carl Schaefer <schaefer at trilug.org> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2014-07-10 at 14:19 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>> On 07/10/2014 09:46 AM, Ken MacKenzie wrote:
>>>> It has been an issue mainly because of a printer/scanner combo
>>>> (lexmark X75) that will just not cooperate with linux.  Yes I know
>> I need
>>>> to get a new printer, but hey it works and ink cost is still
>> reasonably low.
>>> 
>>> I have an older Lexmark office-sized printer that prints cheaply and 
>>> well, in black and white. I had a heckuva time setting it up to work 
>>> with cups. I had to install guttenprint before it would work at all.
>> 
>> I have a Brother MFC printer/scanner/fax that was cheap and works well
>> with linux.  LPR and CUPS drivers are available from Brother.
>> Carl
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