[ale] printer recommendation needed

[David Askew]

Fair questions.  We really just need a printer that does color office 
documents. Photo printing isn’t needed. I’ll travel to my local 
CVS/etc/etc to print photos.

On 30 Jul 2019, at 13:23, Solomon Peachy wrote:

> 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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