On 6/22/20 4:11 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jun 2020, King Beowulf wrote: > >> The only printer/scanner company that I know of that explicitly supports >> Linux is HP. > > Ed, > > I believe that Epson also explicitly supports linux. >
Like Canon, Epson provides (partially open) closed source Linux drivers, while having a CLI or GUI shell to use the drivers. For both companies, the printer and scanner software is often out of date or incomplete. One can sometimes get lucky with CUPS and SANE drivers that were often reverse engineered, often with only basic functionality. "Important: Epson does not provide support for Linux drivers." So no. Epson does not explicitly support Linux. They are more of a toss the code out there and say YMMV. In the case of HP, they do support the Linux software: https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/support True, software support is 100% online, but at least they have people to read the messages. And while I often have issues with HP's business practices, and sometimes variable product quality, I do prefer to spend my money with companies that will dedicate a cubicle drone or two to supporting Linux. -Ed
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