[ale] printer recommendation needed

Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet.org
Tue Jul 30 13:23:55 EDT 2019


On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 11:53:12AM -0400, 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.

One thing you didn't mention is the type of stuff you need to print.

Misc office-type stuff?  Photographs?  Do you need color at all?

> Any particular brands typically	work better than others?

Brand doesn't mean much, unfortunately. 

> Is this stuff already documented somewhere?

Pretty much any network-enabled printer sold today should JustWork(tm) 
with Linux via IPP, without any client-side drivers.

But if you have more specialized needs, that changes the equation a bit.

 - Solomon
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