On 11/19/25 11:55 AM, Stefano Crocco wrote:
Hello to everyone,
I need to replace an HP all-in-one printer and I'd like some advice about what
to buy. Until now, I've always used HP printers, but this time I'd like to try
something different.
In a local shop, they suggested to buy an Epson WorkForce WF-7830DTWF printer
[1]; but they stated it wasn't compatible with Linux. Given they said the same
of an HP printer which I later found out it is compatible with Linux, I'm not
sure how much reliable this information is.
On the Epson website, I tried looking for the linux drivers and I found the
drivers for several models, but not one with a model number starting with 7,
as you can see in the attached screenshot. Not being familiar with Epson
printers, I'm not sure whether I'm just looking for the wrong name or if
indeed this printer doesn't have a Linux driver.
Does anyone know if this printer is compatible with Linux, and if so, how well
it works in Linux? Do you have any advice about other non-HP all-in-one
printers to buy? It needs to be able to print, scan and copy on and from A3
and A4 paper with a reasonable quality, but aside from that I don't have
particular requirements (I'll need to print about 40 pages each month).
I always buy Brother printers with a network interface that support
postscript or pcl. Then use the generic drivers in Linux. I have an
MFC-L8610CDW which works great this way, and I've heard lots of others
have good experiences. Brother has always done right by me and this is
the second of their printers I've owned. This one has been chugging
along for a long, long time.
Generally speaking, almost anything with:
- an ethernet port (wifi is trickier, but often still works)
- postscript, pcl, or ipp support
is 99% likely to work with linux.
-JayF
