On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Brunner, Brian T. <BBrunner at gai-tronics.com> wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIOjRQhj5A4 > > HP has its own "realities". It is supported well under CentOS. In general, yes, HPs are pretty well supported. However, they have shipped non-standard printers that don't work so well. For example, the low-end HP2600n uses a different driver than the 2600 and the 2650. Though you can get it to work with CentOS, it's a bit of a pain. In fact, though the 2600n is listed with the other printers with similar model numbers, it won't work. You need to download a package from HP (at least there is one), or grab the foozjs drivers and compile them. The commodity Canons are OK for light use, occasional printing. That seems harsh, but I can say the same for Samsung, Brother and HP. All their low-end ones seem to fail after about a year or use. But hey, for $80 they cost as much as getting a mid-range printer that you update every 5 years. I print about 10 pages a week, and occasionally 40 to 50 pages on specific projects every other month or so.