[EdLUG] Linux Compatible Printer & Screenshare App

Mon Nov 9 21:49:49 UTC 2020

Team

I bought a HP all in one in March. My old 2003 vintage HP 2500Ln started 
putting toner on the floor and the inside was a mess. It only did single 
sided too.

I have an HP Colour Laserjet Pro MFP M479fdw. Its got hot and cold 
running everything.

Printing just works. If the ethernet cable is connected, it will not 
connect to wifi network but wifi direct still works. I like that as my 
wifi network contains all my untrusted devices, so its not a bridge 
across my network segments.

Scanning under Linux is a bit odd. You need to supply it with a USB 
memory stick. It scans to PDF to the memory stick, which you can either 
take away, or download from its web server.  Turning on the web server 
is buried in the setup and not intuitive. It does not use the SANE 
network scanner driver.

The printer has a duplex unit as standard, as does the scanner ADF.

I've not tested the fax as its nowhere near a phone point. Does anyone 
else have a fax these days?

It will print directly from a USB stick too. That and Bluetooth 
connectivity are untested.

I didn't particularly want this model but HP had a money back offer on 
it, which means it cost me less that a set of replacement HP toners and 
a lot less that the one I thought about.

I didn't sign up to HPs ink for life, I don't print enough to make it 
worth while. When the toners are empty, if I can get another deal along 
the same lines, I'll just replace it, my last printer lasted me 17 years 
and was on its second set of toners and original image drum.

I've only tested wired network printing and scanning from Gentoo using 
Balsa, Firefox and LibreOffice.

Android 9 Wifi Direct printing works without HPs intrusive app from the 
Play Store. That should be avoided.

Regards,

Roy Bamford.

On 09/11/2020 20:52, Tai Kedzierski wrote:
> I'm somewhat interested in the answers to this thread actually...
>
> ---> Mentioning specific models and degrees of success is worthwhile.
>
> I have an old Brother printer, laserjet, and in the 10 years I've had 
> it I have only needed to change the toner once... last year. I don't 
> do all that much printing, mind you.
> It's a DCP7010 model, which I can confirm works with Linux out of the 
> box for printing. Scanning has been hit-and-miss with the various 
> scanning apps, I'm pretty sure it worked once on one distro, but has 
> not worked since...
>
> I second the recommendation to choose, if possible, a model that does 
> two-sided printing, just for the principle of paper economy...
>
>
> I remember battling with a Lexmark printer once for a customer, and 
> after 3hours of would-be-solutions and non-starters, including driver 
> sources and compiling, I had to announce it as a no-go and that the 
> customer needed to buy a new printer. I hated having to say that, and 
> curse Lexmark to this day. That said, I know there are Lexmark drivers 
> for Linux for other models.
>
> 40 years of home printing, and the PC still "can't find" the sodding 
> thing that's right next to it on a USB line. One dreams of the halcyon 
> days of sending PostScript over a serial port. (I used to tech support 
> a printing solution at Adobe and learned a little about this ; the old 
> reliable serial feed was a fantastic idea - throw some PCL or PS at it 
> and away you went. You could even filter the stuff through `sed` if 
> you were daring enough...)
>
>
> ===
> Tai Kedzierski
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> On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 at 20:26, Magnus Hagdorn 
> <magnus.hagdorn at marsupium.org <mailto:magnus.hagdorn at marsupium.org>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Hi Marion,
>     I've recently upgraded my printer to a networked HP colour laser
>     printer. I am very happy with it. I plugged it into the network and
>     that was that.
>
>     I would look into a laser printer as they tend to be cheaper to
>     run and
>     you don't need to worry about looking after the inks. Always look at
>     the per page costs. The other thing I would insist on these days is a
>     duplex unit, ie double sided printing.
>
>     Cheers
>     magnus
>
>     On Mon, 2020-11-09 at 18:14 +0000, emailontheweb wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     > I'm looking for a printer-scanner that is compatible with Linux
>     > Mint.Nothing too fancy ,mainly for printing black and white without
>     > eating up ink like crazy...
>     > How do you know before buying a printer if it will be Linux
>     > compatible ?
>     >
>     > Also if anyone knows of/can recommend
>     > a good online cartridge refill store, that would be helpful.
>     >
>     > Does anyone know of/can recommend an Android app that is privacy
>     > focused for screensharing within an app?
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Marion
>
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