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From: Aragorn on 22 Jul 2010 13:05 On Thursday 22 July 2010 09:35 in comp.os.linux.hardware, somebody identifying as annalissa wrote... > Hi all, > > My friend is of the argument that he will buy only H.P printers, > because of the HPLIP (Hewlett Packard > Linux Imaging project) where H.P developers work to make open source > drivers available for linux and BSD. > This is probably the only instance where the device manufacturers > works on fully free open sourced projects which support the full > functionality (not merely the just works bit) > > how correct is his argument ? > does this mean that HP is the only Printer company that provides Linux > driver support for its devices ? > > what about the epson associate avasys (http://www.avasys.jp) ? > > Is there any other company which provides similar support ? Brother releases both drivers and utilities for use of their multifunctionals and printers with GNU/Linux under the GPL, and both as packages for the popular package managers - i.e. .rpm, .deb - and as source code. -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: Scott Alfter on 22 Jul 2010 13:27 In article <9bc19c60-6dd0-4ce5-b757-be519feda9cb(a)w15g2000pro.googlegroups.com>, annalissa <aarklon(a)gmail.com> wrote: >My friend is of the argument that he will buy only H.P printers, >because of the HPLIP (Hewlett Packard >Linux Imaging project) where H.P developers work to make open source >drivers available for linux and BSD. >This is probably the only instance where the device manufacturers >works on fully free open sourced projects which support the full >functionality (not merely the just works bit) It's definitely been easier (IME) to get HP printers up and running lately than most others I've run across. More importantly, the full range of capabilities is usually available. I think the only things not working on my Photosmart 3210 at this point are the send-to-computer buttons and the card reader, and those often don't work under Windows or Mac OS X either. Printing and scanning both work. The other HP printers I have are fully functional under Linux. >what about the epson associate avasys (http://www.avasys.jp) ? Last time I checked, they only provided x86 binary blobs...useless if you're running something other than x86 (AMD64, PowerPC, etc.). Maybe things have changed, but I ended up chucking a Stylus Photo R200 in the trash after it clogged up yet again. (Should've heeded my instincts and held out for a disc-printing-capable printer from someone other than Epson...always had problems with them clogging back when I was selling printers for a living, and it would appear they've not improved in the more than a decade since.) _/_ / v \ Scott Alfter (remove the obvious to send mail) (IIGS( http://alfter.us/ Top-posting! \_^_/ rm -rf /bin/laden >What's the most annoying thing on Usenet? --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: root on 22 Jul 2010 14:14 notbob <notbob(a)nothome.com> wrote: > On 2010-07-22, ray <ray(a)zianet.com> wrote: > > >> Epson Stylus Photo R350. Samsung, Brother, and Lexmark all provide >> varying levels of support. Canon provides zero. > > Yep. Now, with CUPS, it's shockingly simple. I think it took about > 30 seconds to see/config my Brother 1440 printer. As for Canon, I > don't understand that company. I love Canon cameras, but they should > be flogged around the fleet for their stance on Linux, which as you > say, is zero to none. It's becoming just plain embarrassing a major > electronics company would shun an platform with millions of users. I > don't know about their printers, but the easiest way to deal with > their cameras is to take the camera out of the equation and just plug > the memory card in a card reader. > > nb I got a friend to consider linux until she found her Canon high resolution printer was not fully supported. She stuck with Windows. Good reason to always avoid Canon.
From: Stan Barr on 22 Jul 2010 14:21 On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:13:14 GMT, notbob <notbob(a)nothome.com> wrote: > On 2010-07-22, ray <ray(a)zianet.com> wrote: > > >> Epson Stylus Photo R350. Samsung, Brother, and Lexmark all provide >> varying levels of support. Canon provides zero. > > Yep. Now, with CUPS, it's shockingly simple. I think it took about > 30 seconds to see/config my Brother 1440 printer. As for Canon, I > don't understand that company. I love Canon cameras, but they should > be flogged around the fleet for their stance on Linux, which as you > say, is zero to none. It's becoming just plain embarrassing a major > electronics company would shun an platform with millions of users. I > don't know about their printers, but the easiest way to deal with > their cameras is to take the camera out of the equation and just plug > the memory card in a card reader. My Canon Poweshot A560 plays very nicely with Ubuntu. Plugging it in immediately offers you the choice of mounting it on the desktop or opening a graphics program to manipulate the pics, no other drivers required. In fact it works better than Canon's own software under Windows XP. Mind you, that camera is a coupla years old! -- Cheers, Stan Barr plan.b .at. dsl .dot. pipex .dot. com The future was never like this!
From: notbob on 22 Jul 2010 14:31
On 2010-07-22, Stan Barr <plan.b(a)dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > My Canon Poweshot A560 plays very nicely with Ubuntu. Plugging it in > immediately offers you the choice of mounting it on the desktop or > opening a graphics program to manipulate the pics, no other drivers > required. > In fact it works better than Canon's own software under Windows XP. > > Mind you, that camera is a coupla years old! It can be done. No doubt some distros geared toward multi-media are likely to have all the apps and support software like gphoto2, etc. Slackware doesn't, so I hadda install a shitload of apps/libs. I found it easier to just use a card reader. An added bonus is I can write unrelated data to my memory cards. nb |