On giovedì 20 novembre 2025 14:10:15 Ora standard dell’Europa centrale Stefano Crocco wrote: > On mercoledì 19 novembre 2025 20:55:32 Ora standard dell’Europa centrale > > 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). > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Stefano > > > > > > > > [1]: https://www.epson.eu/en_EU/products/printers/inkjet/microbusiness/ > > workforce-wf-7830dtwf-a3-multifunction-wireless-inkjet-printer-with-3-mont > > hs - free-ink-with-readyprint-subscription-/p/27804 > > Thanks for all your answers. I didn't know about > https://www.openprinting.org and https://openprinting.github.io, and it's > nice to know that the printer should work. During the weekend I'll > investigate this issue in more detail and also check Brother printers as > Jay suggested. > > I'll let you know how it goes. > > Stefano
Hello to everyone, sorry for the long silence, but I had to delay the purchase of the new printer and I bought it only a few days ago. In the end, I decided to buy a Brother MFCJ654DWE [1]. I only tested the basic printing (with both A3 and A4 paper) and scanning functionality, but it seems to work without problems using WiFi. In particular: - I setup the printer using the instructions at [2] for driverless printing. I just issued the command lpadmin -p Printer -E -v ipp://192.168.0.137/ipp -m everywhere (where, of course, 192.168.0.137 is the printer's IP address) and it worked. - for scanning, I just installed media-gfx/sane-airscanner and, when I next lauched skanlite (one of KDE scan application) it correctly identified the device and was able to scan from it. For the time being, I'm happy with the purchase. I just hope that regularly using the printer won't show any problems (in which case, I'll let you know). Thanks again for the information and advice. Stefano [1] https://store.brother.it/devices/inkjet/mfcj/mfcj6540dwe (this link is for the Italian store: I haven't been able to find the printer in the US one) [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Driverless_printing
