On 15/10/2022 21:45, Ralph Little wrote:
HP ======Machines from HP tend to be of the same class as Epson. Some are fairly well made but they have a reputation for chip locking their consumables which, like Epson, are insanely expensive. Been in the news of late regarding shenanigans over firmware updates locking out the use of 3rd party cartridges. In the main, I would avoid them. On the other hand, HP do support their MFP machines very well with open source drivers that they regularly keep up-to-date via the HPLIP project. If they would just improve the quality of their machines a bit, not overcharge for their ink and toner (and not be asshats to their customers in the firmware update department), then I would buy them out of principle for their support of the Linux platform.Others might be better able to direct you to devices that are definitely supported.
I have had a couple of HP OfficeJets over the last 20! years, and only a couple because they have been pretty reliable. Some 3rd party cartridges do work almost as well as the original ones.
My current OfficeJet is a 6500.I would also add, not ever having owned a Fujitsu device, is that they seem also to be very well supported by SANE.
Regards Jeff
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