I bought the Brother multifunction MFC-490CW, primarily because it has a document feeder for the scanner and works over a network (either wired or wireless). Colour printing is slow, but the quality is pretty good. I use it with macs, and have not tried it with linux, but brother has linux drivers for both the printer and the scanning functions. One thing I appreciate in comparison to previous inkjets I have had, that the thing cycles on its own to keep the nozzles clean, even if it's turned off (as long as it's plugged in, of course). I also have a black and white laser multifunction, a brother MFC-7820N, and I'm very happy with both.
Henry On 2011-10-22, at 13:23 , Hendrik Boom wrote: > My scanner stopped working as Debian upgraded. it still works with > Debian Lenny (old stable), but not with Squeeze (stable) or wheezy > (testing). The problem seems to be that the scanner violates some > aspects of the USB protocol, by sending a cancel signal after every > scan. The newer kernels apparently have a more unified USB handler > that handles cancel signals; whereas in lenny each device handled its > own. > > Now either I stay with lenny, or I get a new scanner, I suppose. > > We cold also use a good colour printer. My wife is an artist, and the > printer she was using has moved out of the house with my daughter. > > Now my wife is enamoured with the convenience of a combination > scanner/colour printer. > > Now there's no problem going to a local office supply store and seens > oodles or printers, scanners, and combo machines. > > What I want to know is, which ones work well with Linux these days, > which are affordable, and which ones are really *good*. > > I'm not that crazy about the one I still use on Lenny. I have documents > with faint text I can read clearly but the scanner simply does not pick > up. Neither does my son's scanner, nor a commercial photocopy shop, though. > Failing to see visible faint lines is, of course, not good enough for > artwork. > > -- hendrik > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
