<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>I have had 2 Samsung B&W lasers for almost 20 years. The one on my desk sounds bad, but works. The other one died in a flood. They work with Linux. ML-2010 I think.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Bought HP inkjet scanner that would see all black during a scan. Wife spent too much on ink. </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I saw a Samsung C1XXX in Fry's early AM everyday email and bought it for $180. Color laser. MFC. Sheet feed scan. FAX (don't need). I scan all the time using an app on my Note 5. I can print in Linux. The device supports google cloud print on itself. </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>It is big. I would say it is a corporate printer in our bed room. 2' high. The kids can fit in the box it came in. I love it.</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid #1010FF; margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="border-left: 2px solid #1010FF; margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale@ale.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, January 26, 2017 4:11:44 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] Epson ET-4550 Printer Drivers on Linux?<br></blockquote></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid #1010FF; margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="border-left: 2px solid #1010FF; margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div dir="ltr"><div>Just remember that HP is prone to suddenly breaking their printers.<br><br><a href="http://boingboing.net/2017/01/24/hps-nonpology.html" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://boingboing.net/2017/01/24/hps-nonpology.html">http://boingboing.net/2017/01/24/hps-nonpology.html</a><br><br></div>-- CHS<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 5:08 PM, jslozier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jslozier@gmail.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:jslozier@gmail.com">jslozier@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;" data-mce-style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;">Brother printers work will with Linux (I have one). If you are using<br> Arch there are drivers in the repository (I think in the AUR). My<br> printer's drivers were in the AUR.<br> <br> jsl<br><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br> On Wed, 2017-01-25 at 07:57 -0500, Neal Rhodes wrote:<br> > Thanks. Well, my situation - officially my wife and I have retired<br> > from our consulting business. Practically we will continue to<br> > handle dribbles of client issues for several years and do a few hours<br> > of work. And we have to do taxes. <br> ><br> > We now have a collection of 6 printers in the house, including 1 all-<br> > in-one, NONE of which work at present. (all have mysterious hardware<br> > issues.) To replace the color toner cartridges in the Dell 3100-cn<br> > and the drum which it just decided needed replacing is about $380. <br> > And then it might, or might not, actually print. <br> ><br> > We figure on needing to print perhaps 300-500 pages a year for the<br> > next 5 years. Thus a single all-in-one which does good color<br> > printing seems to make the most sense. With the new larger ink<br> > capacity in the below units they both seem like they would provide 5-<br> > 10 years of ink. The Brother is half the cost of the Epson and<br> > provides 1/4 of the ink. We don't much care about speed. <br> ><br> > Buying another laser seems like an unnecessary expense at this<br> > point. <br> ><br> > On Wed, 2017-01-25 at 01:11 -0500, Solomon Peachy wrote: <br> > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 09:20:33PM -0500, Neal Rhodes wrote:<br> > > > We are looking at either an Epson ET-4550 eco-tank printer or a<br> > > Brother<br> > > > MFC-J5830DW . <br> > > > <br> > > > My recollection is that the Brother drivers installed in Centos 6<br> > > > without drama. It looks like the Epson has a generic driver for<br> > > > linux. <br> > ><br> > > Brother lasers are drama-free. They Just Work. Epsons are a<br> > > little <br> > > more complicated though.<br> > ><br> > > I'd not consider an inkjet and a laser to be in the same class;<br> > > what do <br> > > you intend to use this printer for?<br> > ><br> > > - Solomon<br> > <br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> _______________________________________________<br> > Ale mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br> > <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br> > See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br> > <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br> _______________________________________________<br> Ale mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br></blockquote></div></div></body></html>