[cups] New Printer Recommendation

[Aaron Laws]

All,

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In Christ,
Aaron Laws

On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 6:37 AM, Johannes Meixner <jsmeix at suse.de> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> On Mar 20 09:43 Narcis Garcia wrote (excerpt):
>
>> I won't recommend HP, because opensource HPLIP does not
>> include required firmware by devices. This means when HP stops
>> serving firmware downloads, their machines will not be able
>> to be installed anymore.
>>
>
> This only belongs to some dumb cheap low-end thingies
> (I won't call a dumb device without built-in firmware
> a printer or a scanner).
> For my testing experience at work with such thingies
> a longer time ago you may have a look at
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/187049
>
> Normal printers, scanners, and all-in-one-devices
> have their needed firmware built-in and good devices
> do not need any kind of special driver software.
>
> In general see
> https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printer_buying_guide
> and
> https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Purchasing_a_Printer_and_Compatibility
> and follow the links therein.
>
> FYI:
> We have at home a reasonably priced real PostScript color
> laser printer which "just works" perfectly for our needs.
> Personally I prefer a laser printer over an inkjet because
> in the past I had issues with dried inks and/or nozzles
> (if it does not work it is me who must work on it ;-)
> because at home we print rarely where rarely in particular
> means with possibly very long pauses between printouts
> (e.g. sometimes we may not print anything for month).
> Nowadays I would buy a PostScript+PDF color laser printer
> but I hope our current printer will continue to work for
> many more years.
>
> FWIW:
> Our real PostScript color laser printer is from HP.
>
>
> Kind Regards
> Johannes Meixner
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