Hi there folks.
I'm in the process of looking at budget MFDs (the all-in-one printer/scanner/tea-strainer deelies for anyone not familiar with the acronym) for myself and the better half and wondered whether anyone here had positive/negative experiences to share.
"Compatibility" with your usual GNU/Linux suspects is a must in terms of both systems and utilities - are there serious gotchas anyone here knows about?
Considerations are: 1. Low cost 2. Print/scan/copy at reasonable quality 3. PictBridge and/or Bluetooth for computerless use with digital cameras.
Groovy gravy would be: 1. Bluetooth for use with phones etc., but I don't personally need computerless printing, so it's less of a consideration). 2. Ability to handle 35mm film (truly unnecessary)
I'd appreciate ideas/gotchas.
Cheers,
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Ten
I have seen a HP5510 working well on a Linux box, everything was supported pretty well apart from Fax from PC. I'd say go hp simply because they have the best Linux support.
http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net
The 5510 is now end of life, but there is a replacement (6210 which is the same but with pictbridge and a better control panel)
There was a discussion about these devices on the list a few months ago so it may be worth greping the archives. I think the subject line was All in one printers.
The only missing thing from your feature set is 35mm scanning, but to be honest without a proper backlight (like on the canon lide 80 scanner) you get only average results with those film converters anyway.
They should be less than £130....anything much cheaper than that will be a sheetfeed scanner rather than these which are A4 flatbed with a 20 sheet ADF. However these are fax capable devices, models without the fax features will be cheaper if you don't need it.
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Wayne Stallwood