Hallo, the laptop of my wife is the last Win7 system in my network. My question: I need a well supported printer (MFC) with network interface, if possible with colour printing.
Ralf
Hallo, the laptop of my wife is the last Win7 system in my network. My question: I need a well supported printer (MFC) with network interface, if possible with colour printing.
I like the OKI MFC devices. For Printing they provide a PPD file which is all you need on Linux. For copying and scanning I do it directly on the device and scans are sent via FTP to my server. They also provide some scanning software but I never used it. So it's not very tightly integrated but I like keeping things simple and not to have lot's of dependencies.
Regards, Simon
On February 22, 2019 1:18:41 AM EST, Simon Matter via CentOS centos@centos.org wrote:
Hallo, the laptop of my wife is the last Win7 system in my network. My question: I need a well supported printer (MFC) with network interface, if
possible
with colour printing.
I like the OKI MFC devices. For Printing they provide a PPD file which is all you need on Linux. For copying and scanning I do it directly on the device and scans are sent via FTP to my server. They also provide some scanning software but I never used it. So it's not very tightly integrated but I like keeping things simple and not to have lot's of dependencies.
Regards, Simon
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I have a Brother black-and-white printer that is good for printing black-and-white text pages, however, I have not figured out how to configure the printer driver so it does not dither(?) color text etc as that comes out very, very poorly... You may want to keep this in mind.
If anyone can suggest what configuration change I need to make, it would greatly appreciated! It does not seem that I can change anything on the printer.
On Fri, 2019-02-22 at 07:12 +0100, Ralf Prengel wrote:
Hallo, the laptop of my wife is the last Win7 system in my network. My question: I need a well supported printer (MFC) with network interface, if possible with colour printing.
I know this is a bit controversial since they are a bit Marmite in nature, but I use HP devices. They are well supported using the most recent hplip package - that also provides a scan to desktop functionality, but I tend to use the sane packages because they better suit how I work.
P.
On 22/02/2019 09:21, Pete Biggs wrote:
On Fri, 2019-02-22 at 07:12 +0100, Ralf Prengel wrote:
Hallo, the laptop of my wife is the last Win7 system in my network. My question: I need a well supported printer (MFC) with network interface, if possible with colour printing.
I know this is a bit controversial since they are a bit Marmite in nature, but I use HP devices. They are well supported using the most recent hplip package - that also provides a scan to desktop functionality, but I tend to use the sane packages because they better suit how I work.
P.
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My recent experience is that Cannon is pretty useless. You apparently need the latest sane, which is more recent that CentOS provides. I suppose they are good as door stops.
I've used Samsung in the past and Linux support is poor, but just usable.
My latest is an HP MFP M281 which so far seems to perform well and the control interface works with Linux. I control it from the main CentOS machine, but it is also directly access from other distros and from Win6/Win7 laptops.
So far I am having smooth and functional experience with Kyocera multi-function devices. They connect easily to the main samba active directory domain controller and there is a decent Android app for wireless or network printing. PPD driver works in fedora but haven't tried with centOS yet. Scanning functionality works directly from the device interface or console so there is not much configuration needed through a client app.
On Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 4:53 AM J Martin Rushton via CentOS <centos@centos.org wrote:
On 22/02/2019 09:21, Pete Biggs wrote:
On Fri, 2019-02-22 at 07:12 +0100, Ralf Prengel wrote:
Hallo, the laptop of my wife is the last Win7 system in my network. My question: I need a well supported printer (MFC) with network interface, if
possible with colour printing.
I know this is a bit controversial since they are a bit Marmite in nature, but I use HP devices. They are well supported using the most recent hplip package - that also provides a scan to desktop functionality, but I tend to use the sane packages because they better suit how I work.
P.
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My recent experience is that Cannon is pretty useless. You apparently need the latest sane, which is more recent that CentOS provides. I suppose they are good as door stops.
I've used Samsung in the past and Linux support is poor, but just usable.
My latest is an HP MFP M281 which so far seems to perform well and the control interface works with Linux. I control it from the main CentOS machine, but it is also directly access from other distros and from Win6/Win7 laptops.
-- J Martin Rushton MBCS
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I have picked up the HP LaserJet 1022n on eBay. It is black and white only, but works well with Linux and all versions of Windows I have available. They are generally inexpensive on eBay and the tone is cheap. I can get 4 toner cartridges for around $25 on eBay. It is small, dependable, and makes a good second printer. Most printing is usually black and white. I actually have 3 of them and am happy with them. 3 is because I officiate at skating events and bring my own printer plus a backup. One stays home and connected.
Styma, Robert (Nokia - US/Phoenix) wrote:
I have picked up the HP LaserJet 1022n on eBay. It is black and white only, but works well with Linux and all versions of Windows I have available. They are generally inexpensive on eBay and the tone is cheap. I can get 4 toner cartridges for around $25 on eBay. It is small, dependable, and makes a good second printer. Most printing is usually black and white. I actually have 3 of them and am happy with them. 3 is because I officiate at skating events and bring my own printer plus a backup. One stays home and connected.
For one, the OP wanted an MFC, not just a printer. For another, I have an HP 1018, and yes, it works fine, even though it's an Evil Winprinter (you do *not* need to know what I went through to set up my router to serve as a printserver to a USB Winprinter). Finally... I have, literally, a handful of online vendors that I like and recommend. For this, tonerprice.com. My last cartridge, a year or so ago, cost < $23 INCLUDING SHIPPING.
For one, the OP wanted an MFC, not just a printer. For another, I have an HP 1018, and yes, it works fine, even though it's an Evil Winprinter (you do *not* need to know what I went through to set up my router to serve as a printserver to a USB Winprinter). Finally... I have, literally, a handful of online vendors that I like and recommend. For this, tonerprice.com. My last cartridge, a year or so ago, cost < $23 INCLUDING SHIPPING.
I should have mentioned that the 1022n is network attached, so you do not have to go through USB WInprinter pain. Also, even with one of those Multi Function things it is nice to have a printer that works every time. Personally, I prefer a printer to print and a scanner to scan and a fax machine to fax. Each does what it is supposed to do well. But that is just a matter of preference.
On Friday, February 22, 2019, 12:25:58 PM EST, Styma, Robert (Nokia - US/Phoenix) robert.styma@nokia.com wrote:
For one, the OP wanted an MFC, not just a printer. For another, I have an HP 1018, and yes, it works fine, even though it's an Evil Winprinter (you do *not* need to know what I went through to set up my router to serve as a printserver to a USB Winprinter). Finally... I have, literally, a handful of online vendors that I like and recommend. For this, tonerprice.com. My last cartridge, a year or so ago, cost < $23 INCLUDING SHIPPING.
I should have mentioned that the 1022n is network attached, so you do not have to go through USB WInprinter pain. Also, > even with one of those Multi Function things it is nice to have a printer that works every time. Personally, I prefer a printer > to print and a scanner to scan and a fax machine to fax. Each does what it is supposed to do well. But that is just a matter of preference.
Hello Robert, Do you buy them new, used or refurbished? Any particular seller that you prefer? Thanks,Ed
On 22/02/2019 10:21, Pete Biggs wrote:
On Fri, 2019-02-22 at 07:12 +0100, Ralf Prengel wrote:
Hallo, the laptop of my wife is the last Win7 system in my network. My question: I need a well supported printer (MFC) with network interface, if possible with colour printing.
I know this is a bit controversial since they are a bit Marmite in nature, but I use HP devices. They are well supported using the most recent hplip package - that also provides a scan to desktop functionality, but I tend to use the sane packages because they better suit how I work.
P.
Same here .. using HP officejet Pro 6960 on all the CentOS 7 nodes here . The only potential issue (what I had to do for that model) is that I needed to grab the newer hplip packages from upstream (https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing), as the one from base repo was too old to support that model
Everything works, including scanning through the network (xsane, or simplescan which does its job)
On 22/02/19 19:12, Ralf Prengel wrote:
Hallo, the laptop of my wife is the last Win7 system in my network. My question: I need a well supported printer (MFC) with network interface, if possible with colour printing.
Brother printers. You will likely need to install the drivers from the brother website, but my experience with them have been exemplary. My current printer is an MFC-J4620DW and I wouldn't trade it for the world.
Peter
On 22.02.2019 07:12, Ralf Prengel wrote:
Hallo, the laptop of my wife is the last Win7 system in my network. My question: I need a well supported printer (MFC) with network interface, if possible with colour printing.
Ralf
buy a color laserjet that can postscript, there are cheap ones; and get the printer definiton file and thats it; e.g. my HP CP1515n is such one no need to install any 3rd party at all
Walter
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