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.
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Message: 1 Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 17:58:56 -0500 From: Glen Ditchfield GJDitchfield@acm.org To: MUUG Roundtable roundtable@muug.ca Subject: [RndTbl] I'm looking for an all-in-one Message-ID: 3683915.kQq0lBPeGt@copperplate Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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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Message: 2 Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 18:22:47 -0500 From: Hartmut W Sager hwsager@marityme.net To: Continuation of Round Table discussion roundtable@muug.ca Subject: Re: [RndTbl] I'm looking for an all-in-one Message-ID: CAGQr3cU-RroO5vQ4YZj8K6A5+W=i2HfyqpU+++t=wL0r8RAWtA@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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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Kevin K.