Re: [Trisquel-users] I have an old Dell Inspiron 530S that I got from a pc dealer

[chris]

The Lexmark printer frequently won't work in Trisquel due to the need for  
proprietary drivers. HP's are usually a better bet, but it still depends on  
the model. Got to be careful because some line ups are fraught with non-free  
components (pretty much all of the laser all-in-ones for example and many of  
the low end lasers, but the b/w and color lasers are OK depending on the  
model, and many of the inkjet all-in-ones are ok, as well as the regular  
inkjet printers). There are still some other issues even after taking all  
that into consideration. For instance the version of HPLIP included in  
Trisquel is older than whats currently readily avalable on the market so  
simply walking into a store you'll find all or nearly all of the printers are  
not really Trisquel-friendly even if you have a list of good printers and  
know exactly what to look for (HP does do an excellent job documenting it,  
but, you still need to know what to look at, so :( ).