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Finally getting rid of my home laser printer due to driver issues. I print maybe one page a month. No photo, just texts. Just need basic model.
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What kind of driver issues? For "one page a month" I'd try to fix it.

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beyond fixing it, got rid of it, need a new printer.

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What was the question?
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sunrat wrote: 2021-10-27 03:34 What was the question?
I wanted to get a recommendation for a laser printer that is most compatible with linux....

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#6 Post by FreewheelinFrank »

Probably depends where you are. I can recommend the Brother HL-1212W: it's well made, comes with a full toner cartridge, not a half-full one, and the driver is now in the Debian Brother drivers package, so you don't need to install anything. I got one for £50, but deals here at the moment are for the printer plus four toner cartridges (five in all) for £180 in the same shop. A good deal* for someone who does a lot of printing, but it would take you 400 years to finish the cartridges.

Look for deals on budget printers where you are, then check here if anybody uses them and can tell you if they work well.

Edit: *Actually not as good a deal as the £160 they were doing it for a month ago.

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I've always had rather good experience with HP printers. Most will work with the hplip driver supplied by Debian which even downloads proprietary blobs automatically if you need them.
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gychang wrote: 2021-10-27 03:50
sunrat wrote: 2021-10-27 03:34 What was the question?
I wanted to get a recommendation for a laser printer that is most compatible with linux....
Any Modern printer is compatible with Debian. Choose. Sit back. Relax.
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canci wrote: 2021-10-27 14:04 I've always had rather good experience with HP printers. Most will work with the hplip driver supplied by Debian which even downloads proprietary blobs automatically if you need them.
Any Modern HP printer does not require HPLIP. Users will eventually catch on.

Debian automatically downloading proprietary blobs is complete and utter nonsense. How did an idea like that enter your head?
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brian_p wrote: 2021-10-27 19:19
Any Modern printer is compatible with Debian. Choose. Sit back. Relax.
Define "modern": that's the problem.

It does not mean "on sale in the shops today".

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FreewheelinFrank wrote: 2021-10-27 20:03
brian_p wrote: 2021-10-27 19:19
Any Modern printer is compatible with Debian. Choose. Sit back. Relax.
Define "modern": that's the problem.
Not a problem at all ; it's dead easy. Any printer that provides AirPrint is Modern. CUPS is centred around dealing with them now and in the future. Non-AirPrint is Legacy and in the past; CUPS will refuse to deal with them.
It does not mean "on sale in the shops today".
There are printers on sale now that do not have an AirPrint service? Maybe one or two. Please instance one.
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brian_p wrote: 2021-10-27 22:20
There are printers on sale now that do not have an AirPrint service? Maybe one or two. Please instance one.
Mine.

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FreewheelinFrank wrote: 2021-10-27 22:45
brian_p wrote: 2021-10-27 22:20
There are printers on sale now that do not have an AirPrint service? Maybe one or two. Please instance one.
Mine.
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I mentioned it by name already.

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brian_p wrote: 2021-10-27 19:26
canci wrote: 2021-10-27 14:04 I've always had rather good experience with HP printers. Most will work with the hplip driver supplied by Debian which even downloads proprietary blobs automatically if you need them.
Any Modern HP printer does not require HPLIP. Users will eventually catch on.

Debian automatically downloading proprietary blobs is complete and utter nonsense. How did an idea like that enter your head?

HPLIP GUI does download proprietary blobs for the few of their printers that need it. That's the case for my model. I've never said that Debian does that.

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"Installation flows for Discrete drivers will take care of installing proprietary plug-ins as required."

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#16 Post by seeker5528 »

From the perspective of 'over the years' experience I have a tendency to lean toward Brother or HP for printers. Epson is a bit of a question mark. Canon I generally recommend not getting.

In terms of what is available today, I am not up on the current models, so can't give specific recommendations.

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