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From: Somebody on 16 Mar 2005 04:11
I have a Lexmark 5150 USB multidevice (print scan copy) which has never
worked in Linux, and probably never will.

Any recommandations for :

another multidevice
a small B/W laser printer
a decent ink-jet for the occasional photoprint.


thanks in advance

Peter
From: David Wright on 16 Mar 2005 06:14
Somebody wrote:

> I have a Lexmark 5150 USB multidevice (print scan copy) which has never
> worked in Linux, and probably never will.
>
> Any recommandations for :
>
> another multidevice
> a small B/W laser printer
> a decent ink-jet for the occasional photoprint.
>
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Peter

Lexmark are notorious for their poor support for their "cheap" devices. They
are also not cheap to run :-( In contrast, their professional devices are
very good and robust and support open standards (PostScript etc.).

HP have a reasonable reputation for Linux, but I don't know much about
multi-function devices, I've never used one.

I have a cheap Samsung ML1520 printer (140¬), it installed automatically
(USB) when plugged in and uses a driver that was supplied with SuSE (it
uses a proprietary language called SmartGDI, so I would guess a semi-GDI
printer, see below, but the manufacturer supports it under Linux). It is a
fine little printer for the small amount of printing that I do, and I have
an aging DeskJet 990CXi plugged in for colour printing. The OS HP drivers
seem to be fairly complete and their printers, in general well supported.

When buying a laser, look for one that supports HP/PCL or PostScript (the
budget Dell laser supports PS for example). If you buy a WinPrinter, then
expect to have some problems using it with Linux, unless the manufacturer
provides support or has opened up their specifications, some may have
limited support, but it will be easier to use a "proprer" printer, one that
can think for itself and doesn't rely on its Windows Drivers to drive the
print engine for it.

Also check out linuxprinting.org before laying out the cash for a specific
printer to check that it will be supported.

Dave
From: mjt on 16 Mar 2005 08:59
(Somebody <notgood(a)all>) scribbled:

> I have a Lexmark 5150 USB multidevice (print scan copy) which has never
> worked in Linux, and probably never will.
>
> Any recommandations for :
>
> another multidevice
> a small B/W laser printer
> a decent ink-jet for the occasional photoprint.

.... i recently bought an HP LaserJet 3015 that works
right out of the box with all Linuxes i have installed.

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From: Harold Stevens on 16 Mar 2005 09:45
In <20050316075913.73fac849(a)stimpy.local> mjt:

[Snip...]

> ... i recently bought an HP LaserJet 3015 that works
> right out of the box with all Linuxes i have installed.

If vanilla monochrome (simple B&W) is sufficient, Kevin Nathan and I had
very good luck recently with a Samsung ML-1740 (no color, of course). It
had a US$50 mail-in rebate a couple of weeks ago from Best Buy (not sure
if it's Best Buy only rebate, if that matters).

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From: HansF on 16 Mar 2005 11:13
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:11:43 +0100, Somebody wrote:

> I have a Lexmark 5150 USB multidevice (print scan copy) which has never
> worked in Linux, and probably never will.

Just letting you know of a possible solution ...

I picked up a Canon Pixma iP2000 USB 'photo quality' printer. Decent
enough printer, the price (for printer and consumables) was perfect but,
alas, no Linux support.

Got around the Linux driver issue by getting the turboprint driver
(http://turboprint.de/english.html) for a modest fee.

Aside from that, I've had no problem with any HP LaserJet for printing -
back at home I use a HP LJ2200 DTN on the home network. Nary a problem.
No experience with multi-functions, sorry.

/Hans
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