Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-13 Thread David Wright
On Fri 13 Jul 2018 at 13:52:23 (+0100), Brian wrote: > On Thu 12 Jul 2018 at 16:22:33 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 16:34:48 (+), Curt wrote: > > > On 2018-07-11, Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > The interest being expressed is one in printing a PDF directly to a > > > >

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-13 Thread Brian
On Thu 12 Jul 2018 at 16:22:33 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 16:34:48 (+), Curt wrote: > > On 2018-07-11, Brian wrote: > > > > > > The interest being expressed is one in printing a PDF directly to a > > > printer, so CUPS isn't (or needn't be) be involved. No conversion

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-12 Thread David Wright
On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 16:34:48 (+), Curt wrote: > On 2018-07-11, Brian wrote: > > > > The interest being expressed is one in printing a PDF directly to a > > printer, so CUPS isn't (or needn't be) be involved. No conversion to > > or from PostScript (which is no longer being developed) is

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-11 Thread Brian
On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 16:34:48 +, Curt wrote: > On 2018-07-11, Brian wrote: > > > > The interest being expressed is one in printing a PDF directly to a > > printer, so CUPS isn't (or needn't be) be involved. No conversion to > > or from PostScript (which is no longer being developed) is

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-11 Thread Curt
On 2018-07-11, Brian wrote: > > The interest being expressed is one in printing a PDF directly to a > printer, so CUPS isn't (or needn't be) be involved. No conversion to > or from PostScript (which is no longer being developed) is undertaken. > Any delays would lie in transporting the file to

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-11 Thread Brian
On Wed 11 Jul 2018 at 22:03:57 +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 10.07.18 12:53, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 19:05:52 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Yes. The all-in-ones are terrible at that, proprietary software or not. FWIW, the XSane thingy worked fairly well for me with my last all-in-one (using the HP driver bundled with Debian). It definitely worked much better than with the crappy software they provided for Windows (I got the

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-11 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 10.07.18 12:53, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 19:05:52 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > You're both missing the main point, which is that a

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-10 Thread Brian
On Tue 10 Jul 2018 at 12:53:20 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 19:05:52 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > You're both missing the main point,

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-10 Thread Brian
On Tue 10 Jul 2018 at 14:20:50 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 12:53:20PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 19:05:52 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-10 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 12:53:20PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 19:05:52 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > You're both missing the main point,

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-10 Thread David Wright
On Mon 09 Jul 2018 at 19:05:52 (-0400), Dan Ritter wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > You're both missing the main point, which is that a Brother > > > printer with BRscript/3 is essentially

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 10 July 2018 10:09:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 11:38:41PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 07:05:52PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-10 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 11:38:41PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 07:05:52PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > You're both missing the main

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-09 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 07:05:52PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > You're both missing the main point, which is that a Brother > printer with BRscript/3 is essentially a

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-09 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 10/07/18 10:39, Dan Ritter wrote: You're both missing the main point, which is that a Brother printer with BRscript/3 is essentially a Postscript printer, and you can treat it as one. No drivers needed. And AFAIK models with BR-Script3 support also support PCL6, for which we have great

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-09 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:53:44PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > You're both missing the main point, which is that a Brother > > printer with BRscript/3 is essentially a Postscript printer, and > > you can treat it as one. No drivers

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-09 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:39:29PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: You're both missing the main point, which is that a Brother printer with BRscript/3 is essentially a Postscript printer, and you can treat it as one. No drivers needed. So you can use it as an all-in-one postscript printer/scanner?

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-09 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:16:59PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > If you meant hplip drivers, which are available from Debian > > repository, then I wonder what actually makes them so much "from > > Debian"? IMHO, their avalability from Debian repository does not > > really make them

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-09 Thread Stefan Monnier
> If you meant hplip drivers, which are available from Debian > repository, then I wonder what actually makes them so much "from > Debian"? IMHO, their avalability from Debian repository does not > really make them particulary "Debian". They are still developed by HP > or their development is

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-09 Thread Juan R. de Silva
On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 11:14:53 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> I used to own MFC 7460DN. I own currently HL-L2389DW wireless -e >> xcellent unit. Any of them work under Ubuntu, Debian (my current >> distro), Fedora, >> OpenSuse, etc. without a problem. Installation is a breeze. The >> drivers

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-09 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Note that these settings use PCL6 emulation. Models that lack PCL6 support > may need proprietary Brother CUPS drivers. When I checked, these were only > available for i386. When I switched to the foomatic PCL6 driver, I was able > to ditch the i386 drivers and my entire i386 arch support. This

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-09 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I used to own MFC 7460DN. I own currently HL-L2389DW wireless -e xcellent > unit. Any of them work under Ubuntu, Debian (my current distro), Fedora, > OpenSuse, etc. without a problem. Installation is a breeze. The drivers > available on Brother website. Wait, does that mean the printer is

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-07 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
I use and recommend the Brother MFC-L2740DW wireless multifunction device (greyscale duplex laser and colour scanner). It works well for both Linux and Mac clients. You might not be able to get this exact model any more as it is over three years old. I suspect that the current equivalent is

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-07 Thread Juan R. de Silva
On Sat, 07 Jul 2018 13:50:56 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I know there are probably multiple places where such ratings can be > found. Not knowing which are reliable, I'm sort of asking for ratings of > the ratings, I guess. Mostly, though, I want ratings of recent models, > from a

Re: Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-07 Thread Bret Busby
On 08/07/2018, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I know there are probably multiple places where such ratings can be found. > Not knowing which are reliable, I'm sort of asking for ratings of the > ratings, I guess. Mostly, though, I want ratings of recent models, from a > Linux/Debian/Ubuntu perspective

Looking for ratings of all-in-one printers for Linux (Ubuntu in particular)

2018-07-07 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
I know there are probably multiple places where such ratings can be found. Not knowing which are reliable, I'm sort of asking for ratings of the ratings, I guess. Mostly, though, I want ratings of recent models, from a Linux/Debian/Ubuntu perspective as opposed to the usual Windows slant. I'm