Hi all,
Wondering what a great quality printer/scanner that is easy to work with and install on OpenSuse.
Great picture printer would be an asset, and scanning into PC would be an asset as well.
Thanks
Heeter
HP printers and scanners work well with Linux because HP provides drivers to support them.
I have one of the PSC series but almost anything you fancy should work OK.
Great, Thanks,
The Epson CX3810 I have is giving me fits with OpenSuse.
Thanks again
Heeter
I’m also contemplating a printer purchase, but my requirements are different. I do not want a scanning function. I would like doublesidded printing if possible. And the printer can not be too big, due to the location where we plan to place the printer.
Here is an older thread output of my thoughts on this:
Pondering What Hp Inkjet Printer To Purchase - openSUSE Forums
hmm… that post was truncated in the import from the old sls forum, to our new forum. The original is here:
Pondering What Hp Inkjet Printer To Purchase - SuSE Linux Forums
Oldcpu, you can take a look at the Brother printers. They have several duplex models and they (can’t tell if all of them) just work in opensuse.
Most HP, Brother, and EPSON printers work with Linux. Brother has the only MFPs that I’ve had success with under Linux; they provide very good quality drivers. Stay away from Lexmarks. I’ve never gotten one to work with Linux, and the ink costs more than the printer. Dell printers are just rebranded Lexmarks. Not sure of your price range, but some higher end laser printers are PostScript-compatible; so they don’t even need a CUPS driver.
Thanks JopSway! I dont want to hijack Heeter’s thread too much, as he is looking for an “all-in-one” printer, and I am not.
However I did note none of those Brother printer’s meet my requirements (I confess I did not list all my requirements). I want a colour inkjet. Those Brother printers in the provided URL are lasers. Also those Brother printers are all too big. … I’ve seen full duplex HP inkjet printers that print double sided that are smaller.
I also have a significant preference for HP, because of HP support to printers. While I have succeeded in getting Lexmark printers to work, and have helped users get their Brother and Epson printers to work under Linux, the support provided by Lexmark, Brother, and Epson for Linux is dismal in comparison to HP. Hence I refuse to purchase their printer products. Its a matter of principle for me.
I did find some third party drivers for my epson cx3810, but I cannot seem to get them installed. I found them at Epson Developers - Home It would be nice to get them working, though.
I would rather get a proper, working out of the box printer/scanner rather than toiling with this setup.
hey, anyone wanna buy an epson cx3810 in great shape?
Heeter
john hudson schrieb:
> HP printers and scanners work well with Linux because HP provides
> drivers to support them.
Full ACK. I’m very happy with my OfficeJet J5785 AIO.
It also does fax, in case someone’s interested in that.
HTH
T.
I’ve had really good luck with getting basic HP printers configured. I could never figure out how to measure the ink levels, though. When I used to use Windows, there was a tool that would tell me the ink levels in the cartridges. I can’t do that now, or at least I don’t know how.
I had a very hard time getting an HP PSC all-in-one printer+scanner combo to work. I gave up trying to get that printer configured under SuSE, and I installed Mandriva for my parents at their house, since it was automatically configured under it.
The HP Photosmart C4385 All-In-One works great with my openSUSE 11.0. Printing, and scanning are very easy from the computer. It has a card reader but that function hasn’t been implimented in the HPLIP driver which I got here: HPLIP How-Tos
You can also monitor ink levels with the HP Device Manager that comes with the HPLIP driver. Also, it was very easy even for a linux newbie like me to install and set up. Hope this helps.
BTW, the printer is wireless and works very well with my openSUSE.
Heeter wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Wondering what a great quality printer/scanner that is easy to work
> with and install on OpenSuse.
>
> Great picture printer would be an asset, and scanning into PC would be
> an asset as well.
>
> Thanks
>
> Heeter
>
>
Dear Heeter;
Look at:
www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting
They have a recommended printer list as well as suggested drivers for nearly
all printers.
P. V.
BNG22908 schrieb:
> I’ve had really good luck with getting basic HP printers configured. I
> could never figure out how to measure the ink levels, though. When I
> used to use Windows, there was a tool that would tell me the ink levels
> in the cartridges. I can’t do that now, or at least I don’t know how.
The “HP Toolbox” program (/usr/bin/hp-toolbox) which came with the hplip
package works perfectly fine for me for that purpose.
> I had a very hard time getting an HP PSC all-in-one printer+scanner
> combo to work. I gave up trying to get that printer configured under
> SuSE, and I installed Mandriva for my parents at their house, since it
> was automatically configured under it.
My biggest problem was not believing how easy it was. In fact, openSUSE
11.0 detected virtually everything for me, but I tried configuring it
manually before I noticed it was already there. 
I installed a Brother MFC 240C in SUSE 11 running under VirtualBox (Vista). It is an inexpensive ($100) all-in-one printer that includes a FAX. Everything installed easily from the Brother website. Have a minor problem with the FAX driver but am an absolute Newbie. Note that you most likely require YAST to configure the printer before it will install properly.
I am very happy with my Brother DCP-750CW which I am using as a wireless network printer.
Brother have taken Linux into serious consideration and have developed lots of drivers for most of the Linux distributions.
As an example, here are the LPR and CUPS wrapper drivers for my printer:
Brother Solutions Center : Brother Driver for Linux Distributions
And here are the scanner drivers for the said model:
Brother Solutions Center : Brother Driver for Linux Distributions
Obviously, the choice of a printer is a very personal matter, but as far as I am concerned, I have never regretted my choice, both from a spec and a Linux support viewpoint.
It works flawlessly with OpenSUSE 11.0.