Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-25 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Beco, 11.09.2013: Please, anyone knows about Epson m105, and Samsung ml_2165w ? I see that you've already bought an Epson printer, but just for the record... I have a Samsung ML-2165 black-and-white laser printer that seems to work okay with Debian wheezy. However, the necessary ppd file

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-12 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 7:30 PM, Beco r...@beco.cc wrote: Hi guys, Thank you all for your valuable information and help! I just bought a black-only EPSON M105 inkjet printer, with WIFI. It printed perfectly! No cables needed, no CDs, nothing. Just energy, and the WPS botton to connect

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-12 Thread Beco
As one might expect of a system designed by vendors to make security easier, WPS is very flawed, and a security risk. http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Wi-Fi-Protected-Setup-made-easier-to-brute-force-Update-1401822.html

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-11 Thread Joel Roth
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 11:56:23PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: Short version: Brother doesn't support linux. I'm considering Lexmark. I too am looking for a B+W laser printer. I just got a Brother HL 5450 to replace a 5150 I had. It fails to print some pages, and I'm sending it back

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-11 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2013-09-10, Ross Boylan rossboy...@stanfordalumni.org wrote: --001a11c2be66bf88eb04e60200cd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Short version: Brother doesn't support linux. I'm considering Lexmark. I too am looking for a B+W laser printer. I just got a Brother HL 5450 to

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-11 Thread Ross Boylan
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Alan Greenberger ala...@ptd.net wrote: On 2013-09-10, Ross Boylan rossboy...@stanfordalumni.org wrote: --001a11c2be66bf88eb04e60200cd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Short version: Brother doesn't support linux. I'm considering Lexmark.

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-11 Thread Beco
Thanks, guys. John, this 2 HP became my priorities for now. Please, anyone knows about Epson m105, and Samsung ml_2165w ? Thanks, Beco On 10 Sep 2013 08:04, John Lindsay jcl...@sentex.net wrote: On 09/09/13 01:48 PM, Beco wrote: Hi guys, Please allow me to revive this thread. (Let me

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-11 Thread Beco
Hi guys, Thank you all for your valuable information and help! I just bought a black-only EPSON M105 inkjet printer, with WIFI. It printed perfectly! No cables needed, no CDs, nothing. Just energy, and the WPS botton to connect to my router, find out the IP address, and added as

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-10 Thread Ross Boylan
Short version: Brother doesn't support linux. I'm considering Lexmark. I too am looking for a B+W laser printer. I just got a Brother HL 5450 to replace a 5150 I had. It fails to print some pages, and I'm sending it back because Brother says they do not provide phone support for Linux. They

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 09 Sep 2013, Ross Boylan wrote: Short version: Brother doesn't support linux. I'm considering Lexmark. I too am looking for a B+W laser printer. I just got a Brother HL 5450 to replace a 5150 I had. It fails to print some pages, and I'm sending it back because Brother says they do not

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-10 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 11:56:23PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: Maybe I'll try a color laser, though Consumer Reports says they don't have good print quality for photos. Maybe a: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye-sublimation_printer :) Also, I think the paper quality is an issue for photo quality

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-10 Thread Lucio Crusca
In data lunedì 9 settembre 2013 14:48:18, Beco ha scritto: I'm using this site to see compatibility. http://www.openprinting.org/printers I think openprinting.org is terribly outdated. I prefer googling for printer model name linux and seeing what people ask in the forums, but please note

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-09 Thread Beco
Hi guys, Please allow me to revive this thread. (Let me know if its better to start a new one) I'm in need of help to find a new printer. My current printer (Samsung SCX4200 stopped working since Wheezy upgrade. I already asked here about the issue and tried to correct it with no success.) Now,

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 9 Sep 2013 14:48:18 -0300 Beco r...@beco.cc wrote: Hello Beco, I'm in need of help to find a new printer. HP. They have, by far (IMO, at least), the best Linux support of any of the printer manufacturers. -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly obvious is / _)rad

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-09 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 09/09/13 22:32, David Christensen wrote: On 09/09/13 10:48, Beco wrote: I'm in need of help to find a new printer. I've had good luck with HP LaserJet printers. I currently own a HP LaserJet P2055dn and it integrates nicely with Windows XP, Debian Squeeze, and Debian Wheezy:

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-09 Thread David Christensen
On 09/09/13 14:42, ken wrote: I've used Epson with success, but won't another one. The cost of the cartridges is so high, it's like I'm buying the printer over and over again every year. HP cartridges are also very expensive -- $100+. So: 1. I bought a black-and-white printer (1 cartridge),

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-09 Thread ken
On 09/09/2013 04:32 PM David Christensen wrote: On 09/09/13 10:48, Beco wrote: I'm in need of help to find a new printer. I've had good luck with HP LaserJet printers. I currently own a HP LaserJet P2055dn and it integrates nicely with Windows XP, Debian Squeeze, and Debian Wheezy:

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-09 Thread David Christensen
On 09/09/13 10:48, Beco wrote: I'm in need of help to find a new printer. I've had good luck with HP LaserJet printers. I currently own a HP LaserJet P2055dn and it integrates nicely with Windows XP, Debian Squeeze, and Debian Wheezy: http://www.openprinting.org/printers

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-09 Thread Doug
On 09/09/2013 06:16 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 09/09/13 14:42, ken wrote: I've used Epson with success, but won't another one. The cost of the cartridges is so high, it's like I'm buying the printer over and over again every year. HP cartridges are also very expensive -- $100+. So:

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 03:16:31PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: On 09/09/13 14:42, ken wrote: I've used Epson with success, but won't another one. The cost of the cartridges is so high, it's like I'm buying the printer over and over again every year. HP cartridges are also very expensive

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-09 Thread green
Beco wrote at 2013-09-09 12:48 -0500: I'm using this site to see compatibility. http://www.openprinting.org/printers Is this a reliable source of information? Do you have any other (pratical) suggestion? Regarding openprinting.org: many/all the forum links refer to a domain that does not

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-09 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net writes: On 09/09/2013 06:16 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 09/09/13 14:42, ken wrote: I've used Epson with success, but won't another one. The cost of the cartridges is so high, it's like I'm buying the printer over and over again every year. HP cartridges

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-09 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/10/13, Beco r...@beco.cc wrote: I'm in need of help to find a new printer. My current printer (Samsung SCX4200 stopped working since Wheezy upgrade. I already asked here about the issue and tried to correct it with no success.) You could perhaps increase the quality of suggestions by (if

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2013-09-09 Thread Teemu Likonen
Beco [2013-09-09 14:48:18 -03:00] wrote: Now, its very tricky to find a good gnu-linux/debian compatible printer. I think the keywords for compatibility are (1) PostScript and (2) EtherNet connection. I'd start with those. pgpAYDqSM_Zwh.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2012-11-29 Thread Tyler D
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk wrote: On 26 Nov 2012, Curt Howland wrote: Hi. I have a HP inkjet printer, PSC2100 from 2003, which still works fine but something in Debian has changed. It used to print graphics and photographs very well. But a year

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2012-11-29 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Tyler D tdo...@gmail.com [121129 19:30]: On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk wrote: On 26 Nov 2012, Curt Howland wrote: ... At least for my specific printer, Brother has put out Linux drivers... Recently I picked up a close-out special -- a Brother

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2012-11-27 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 04:32:59PM -0800, Gary Roach wrote: On 11/26/2012 07:10 AM, Curt Howland wrote: Hi. I have a HP inkjet printer, PSC2100 from 2003, which still works fine but something in Debian has changed. It used to print graphics and photographs very well. But a year or so ago

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2012-11-27 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 26 Nov 2012, Curt Howland wrote: Hi. I have a HP inkjet printer, PSC2100 from 2003, which still works fine but something in Debian has changed. It used to print graphics and photographs very well. But a year or so ago graphics stopped being nice and started being grainy and speckled, to

Printer brand recommendations

2012-11-26 Thread Curt Howland
Hi. I have a HP inkjet printer, PSC2100 from 2003, which still works fine but something in Debian has changed. It used to print graphics and photographs very well. But a year or so ago graphics stopped being nice and started being grainy and speckled, to the point where the names of roads can't

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 10:10 -0500, Curt Howland wrote: Hi. I have a HP inkjet printer, PSC2100 from 2003, which still works fine but something in Debian has changed. It used to print graphics and photographs very well. But a year or so ago graphics stopped being nice and started being grainy

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2012-11-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 26 November 2012 15:10:59 Curt Howland wrote: Epsom? Cannon? What brand do people use that works well with xsane and CUPS? I use Samsung. I don't make heavy demands on it but have been pleased with what I have used it to print. I have an ML1510, still going strong, but have set up

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2012-11-26 Thread Gary Roach
On 11/26/2012 07:10 AM, Curt Howland wrote: Hi. I have a HP inkjet printer, PSC2100 from 2003, which still works fine but something in Debian has changed. It used to print graphics and photographs very well. But a year or so ago graphics stopped being nice and started being grainy and speckled,

Re: Printer brand recommendations

2012-11-26 Thread Curt Howland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Monday 26 November 2012, debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org was heard to say: Re: Printer brand recommendations Dear Debian User, The problem was that the default printer driver for the HP PSC2210 is not the HPLIP driver at all