[ale] printer recommendation needed

[mute wonder]

Well, i have anti-recommendations.  In the last 3 years, we tried 2 wifi
printers in my tiny, Windows/Linux/Android/iOS home.  It was a mess.  Kodak
Verite 55W inkjet had problems being detected wirelessly by the Windows
machines, but worked well enough on the Linux and iOS minus some formatting
options.  It broke after month and was replaced by a Canon PIXMA MG3022
inkjet.  Had to go to the manufacturer's website to download drivers and
software for every operating system, but it worked most of the time after
that.

My advice is check for drivers FIRST.  Distro-included drivers for the
Canon don't match my specific model, and absolutely necessitated going to
manufacturer for some support; actually, i still can't get scanning to work
on Xubuntu.

My other printer experience is 10+ years out of date, but they were HP
all-in-one inkjets that installed easily but broke after a few years, and
one Lexmark or Brother inkjet that "just worked" beautifully.

On Sat, Aug 3, 2019, 8:43 AM DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> I barely print anything except tax stuff anymore.
>
> Been using a $50 10+ yr old usb2 connected Samsung ML-1540 laser which has
> native support in most distros.  It is point-n-click to setup the printer
> on
> other machines using the normal Gnome-Printing GUI, just pick ML-1740 as
> the
> driver.  CUPS provides an IPP network interface for the rest of the LAN.
>
> I also have a $50 10+ yr old usb2 connected Brother All-in-One MFC-240c
> color
> inkjet, but it was bought without any intention to ever add ink. It is an
> automatic page scanner and fax machine in my world.  The scanning part
> works
> with gscan2pdf as the GUI. Scanning to any image format you want is
> possible
> too.  I can't remember how hard getting the scanning to work was. It was a
> long
> time ago, but Brother stuff isn't hard.
> At this point, I'd probably just setup a KVM VM with USB passthru to run
> purely
> for scanning needs so I never need deal with that again in the next 30 yrs.
>
> If I needed color printing, I'd definitely get a color laser printer. I
> would
> avoid wifi and only use wired ethernet, if a networked printer is
> mandatory.
> IPP would be the protocol I wanted, but I haven't looked at other printer
> protocols in at least 15 yrs.
>
> On 8/2/19 6:37 PM, jimbakerforlinux via Ale wrote:
> > If you just need a simple 8.5x11 black and white -- The Samsung M2020W is
> > awesome, cheap, and a cross-platform laser. Windows yes, Linux yes,
> Apple ...?
> >
> > On 7/30/19 11:53 AM, David Askew via Ale wrote:
> >>
> >> I’ve not had a printer in a long time, but my wife needs one. Anyone
> recommend
> >> printers that work cross platform and well? Windows, Mac and Linux
> support all
> >> needed.
> >>
> >> Any particular brands typically    work better than others?
> >>
> >> Is this stuff already documented somewhere?
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