I have a Brother DCP-7065DN (scanner, copier, printer) which has been easy for me to set up with my Ubuntu Linux system. It's a black and white laser device and Brother has great steps for setting it up. It can be connected to your LAN network and communicates through my computer with USB.

On the software side of things to use this device, I use XSane for the scanning, both in colour and black and white, with multiple resolution options. Copying is done on the device itself, and the printer options are very flexible from any document software I've used.

I'm sure the colour laser variety by Brother is just as Linux-friendly, but you'd have to check it out on the Brother website. Basically, if you see Linux instructions for your device, then go with it, I say. I ended up with this particular model because I searched for Linux printer/scanner drivers and setup instructions, which ultimately led me to a very detailed setup page someone else had created which was sort of an addendum to the instructions provided by Brother.

Good luck!
-Kevin
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   1. I'm looking for an all-in-one (Glen Ditchfield)
   2. Re: I'm looking for an all-in-one (Hartmut W Sager)
   3. Re: I'm looking for an all-in-one (Adam Thompson)


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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 17:58:56 -0500
From: Glen Ditchfield <GJDitchfield@acm.org>
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Subject: [RndTbl] I'm looking for an all-in-one
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I'm looking for a color printer/scanner/copier, suitable for printing a few
pages every few weeks.  My current device is connected by USB to a Mac that
serves as a CUPS host and runs the scanner software, and that's just fine.  I
look at most of the modern features being offered and rate them somewhere
between "meh" and "get off my lawn" (Alexa voice-enabled printing?  Seriously?)
but might be willing to grant access to the local Wi-Fi.

Do you have any opinions on Linux-friendly, non-abusive devices?






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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 18:22:47 -0500
From: Hartmut W Sager <hwsager@marityme.net>
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Subject: Re: [RndTbl] I'm looking for an all-in-one
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Unrelated to the "Linux-friendly, non-abusive" matter (which other members
here will no doubt deal with), my immediate thought is, it CANNOT be an
inkjet device.  With your infrequent printing schedule, such a device would
give you endless troubles and expenses with dried-out, often
unresurrectable, inkjet cartridges or nozzles.  If colour is not needed,
then it should be a laser device.  Those are fine with infrequent printing,
though with such low print volumes, you'd still have the issue that even
toner does deteriorate after a few years of sitting in a cartridge.

Back to inkjet devices:  You could print a handful of useless "maintenance"
pages every 5 days or so to keep the cartridges and nozzles in good
condition, which would result in way more "maintenance" pages than real
pages being printed over time, with a much higher cost per real page than
normal.

The dot-matrix printers of the distant past didn't have the above issues.
:)  :)

Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331


On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 at 18:00, Glen Ditchfield <GJDitchfield@acm.org> wrote:

> I'm looking for a color printer/scanner/copier, suitable for printing a
> few
> pages every few weeks.  My current device is connected by USB to a Mac
> that
> serves as a CUPS host and runs the scanner software, and that's just
> fine.  I
> look at most of the modern features being offered and rate them somewhere
> between "meh" and "get off my lawn" (Alexa voice-enabled printing?
> Seriously?)
> but might be willing to grant access to the local Wi-Fi.
>
> Do you have any opinions on Linux-friendly, non-abusive devices?
>
>
>
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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 20:45:09 -0500
From: Adam Thompson <athompso@athompso.net>
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Subject: Re: [RndTbl] I'm looking for an all-in-one
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Good news, Hartmut!  Most "business" inkjets now have built-in technology to prevent the ink or the printheads from drying out.  This comes at the expense of a tiny (really, it is tiny) amount of ink being used automatically every few days.

I've had reasonably good luck with both Brother and Epson inkjets in recent memory, and in particular on Brother network interfaces you can disable whatever protocols you don't want.  I've used the Brother MFC-J* series, and the Epson Workforce series.

Both have Linux drivers that kind of suck but do work.  The Epsons at least use ESC/P which is sorta standard, or at least widely supported in CUPS.

Brother also makes what looks like a nice PCL color laser, but I've no direct experience with it.  That would probably(?) be a better choice for traditional Linux/UNIX use.

All of these support IPP, in theory, so printer drivers are supposed to be a problem of the past.  Ahem.

-Adam

On October 31, 2020 6:22:47 p.m. CDT, Hartmut W Sager <hwsager@marityme.net> wrote:
>Unrelated to the "Linux-friendly, non-abusive" matter (which other members
>here will no doubt deal with), my immediate thought is, it CANNOT be an
>inkjet device.  With your infrequent printing schedule, such a device would
>give you endless troubles and expenses with dried-out, often
>unresurrectable, inkjet cartridges or nozzles.  If colour is not needed,
>then it should be a laser device.  Those are fine with infrequent printing,
>though with such low print volumes, you'd still have the issue that even
>toner does deteriorate after a few years of sitting in a cartridge.
>
>Back to inkjet devices:  You could print a handful of useless "maintenance"
>pages every 5 days or so to keep the cartridges and nozzles in good
>condition, which would result in way more "maintenance" pages than real
>pages being printed over time, with a much higher cost per real page than
>normal.
>
>The dot-matrix printers of the distant past didn't have the above issues.
>:)  :)
>
>Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331
>
>
>On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 at 18:00, Glen Ditchfield <GJDitchfield@acm.org> wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for a color printer/scanner/copier, suitable for printing a
>> few
>> pages every few weeks.  My current device is connected by USB to a Mac
>> that
>> serves as a CUPS host and runs the scanner software, and that's just
>> fine.  I
>> look at most of the modern features being offered and rate them somewhere
>> between "meh" and "get off my lawn" (Alexa voice-enabled printing?
>> Seriously?)
>> but might be willing to grant access to the local Wi-Fi.
>>
>> Do you have any opinions on Linux-friendly, non-abusive devices?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Roundtable mailing list
>> Roundtable@muug.ca
>> https://muug.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable
>>

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