As a general rule, combo units suck. As for inkjets, they are of course usually more expensive, however, there is a new trend, led at the moment by Kodak, for somewhat more expensive printers with cheaper consumables, $10 B/W $15 Color. Don't know how the Kodak units work with Linux.
Good Luck graham On 6/9/07, sgrover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for any recommendations of a printer, scanner, or combo unit > that will work well with Linux. > > I will not consider an ink jet at all, so it must be a laser printer. I > would consider a color laser, but I'm aiming for the $200 - $300 range, > or cheaper. Though I might be willing to spend a bit more if the unit > is REALLY good, and is "stupid simple" to set up on Linux. > > I just tried out a Samsung SCX-4200, with only partial success. This is > a printer/scanner/copier unit. I was able to get printing working, and > copying (cuz there's no computer interface needed for that), but > scanning was an utter failure. So much so that I think I need to purge > sane/xsane from my system outright, then reinstall them - or rebuild my > box from scratch. I blogged about my experience: > http://grover.open2space.com/node/160. Funny thing is that the unit is > marked as "Perfectly compatible" on the linuxprinting.org site. Must be > just the printing part of it. (I returned the unit...) > > I do not NEED a scanner/printer in a single unit. I'm willing to treat > them separately. I'll rarely ever use a scanner, but do have a project > in the next while that needs a bit of scanning work. > > Also, I need recommendations where to find said printer/scanner. > Staples, Future Shop, Memory Express, all have rather limited options, > and most of them are not well regarded on linuxprinting.org. > > Thanks for any input. > > Shawn > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
