I’m planning on buying one but I’m not sure which hardware is supported and I don’t wanna buy a dud essentially.
OpenPrinting will get you so far (if open source drivers are available). If you have a particular brand in mind, it may be that there is proprietary driver support available. So, a bit of online research first is always a sensible idea.
HP Linux support
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html
Brother Linux support
http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/linux/en/index.html?c=us_ot&lang=en&comple=on&redirect=on
Epson Linux support
http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/search/01/search/?OSC=LX
Canon, Lxmark, Samsung, and Xerox also Linux drivers for certain models, so worth checking their websites too.
In effect, there is a list on your computer because you have the drivers from the openSUSE repos installed. HP is the most well supported as all its drivers are open source; where the manufacturer provides proprietary drivers, the open source ones may not have every feature of the proprietary driver.
Any easy way to read the list if you already have a printer installed is to use the Modify Printer option in CUPS which will eventually lead you to the list. If you have a particular printer in mind, you can scroll down the list to see if you have a driver installed already. Simply abort the Modify Printer after you have found the answer to your question.
On 2015-09-03 21:26, deano ferrari wrote:
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> OpenPrinting will get you so far (if open source drivers are available).
> If you have a particular brand in mind, it may be that there is
> proprietary driver support available.
When shopping for a printer, I would never buy one that requires a
proprietary driver. I would always choose one that works correctly with
open drivers.
The main reason is that eventually, manufacturers stop making those
proprietary driverfs when they want you to buy a newer model.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))
Try it searching in h-node
The h-node project aims at the construction of a hardware database in order to identify what devices work with a fully free operating system. The h-node.org website is structured like a wiki in which all the users can modify or insert new contents. The h-node project is developed in collaboration and as an activity of the FSF.
I have an Epson Stylus NX130 MFP that I bought from Compusa about 2 years ago and is working fine with gutenprint native linux drivers, you just have to install the right one for it, to make the scanner work you have to get the 2 “iscan” rpm linux drivers for the printer in the epson website, another thing I like about this printer is that you can get from ebay cheap ink cartridges and they work like if they were original, just buy them from experienced sellers with good rating!
Hope this helps!
On 2015-09-04 06:36, victorhck wrote:
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> Try it searching in h-node
>
>> The h-node project aims at the construction of a hardware database in
>> order to identify what devices work with a ‘fully free operating system’
>> (http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html). The h-node.org website
>> is structured like a wiki in which all the users can modify or insert
>> new contents. The h-node project is developed in collaboration and as
>> an activity of the ‘FSF’ (http://www.fsf.org).
>
> https://h-node.org/printers/catalogue/en
Very incomplete list.
My HP printer, which works out of the box, is not listed.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
It’s a wiki page created by the community, so you can add your option there and help to others!
On 05/09/2015 7:06, victorhck wrote:
>>> https://h-node.org/printers/catalogue/en
>>
>> Very incomplete list.
>>
>> My HP printer, which works out of the box, is not listed.
>>
>>
>
> It’s a wiki page created by the community, so you can add your option
> there and help to others!
There is already a much more complete list by other people (open
printing group?), and my printer is there. I don’t see the need to
duplicate efforts.
What I wanted to point out, is that the fsf list is rather useless.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
(W7 - minas-morgul)
Can you please share with us a link to that useful list ?
On 2015-09-08 21:56, victorhck wrote:
> Can you please share with us a link to that useful list ?
See the first answer in this thread.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
ups!! :FIM:
thnx