try:

http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/

more about our recent purchase in the "linux drivers" thread. I have had good luck with the cheaper Samsung, HP and some Epsons.

There is a Hardware list at linuxquestions.org - if you are using CUPS, any printer supported by CUPS should work.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/index.php/cat/198

Message Edited by PaJoe on 12-14-2007 05:41 PM

I would also look up your prospective printers here: http://openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi. I would also put in my vote for Brother, but my vote for HP would only go to the business line of printers.

I would say to use HP printers. I use MEPIS linux. It is debian based the same as ubuntu but uses the kde desktop. Hp printers work right out of the box with MEPIS and works well with linux in general. I bought an Hp PSC 1410 from walmart for $57.11 and it prints, copies, and scans right out of the box. I just added the printer using the hptoolbox and it is great. If I want to scan I just open kooka and it works. So if you want a linux ready printer then hp is a great choice.

Have a look at http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi

There's manufacturer's who support FOSS and ones who're difficult and don't see beyond 'doze.

I've found HP lasers work well. Brother has a Linux support section too.

A reasonable rule of thumb is any printer that supports Postscript will work.

Cheap printers AKA (Winprinters) rely on the OS and computer processor to do part of the work.

I managed to get an HP Colour LJ2605 to work on Fedora 6-7 installed on Dimension 3000's by Googling for a custom .psd file. PSD files are the Postscript definition for a particular printer.

Which printers have you tried?

Message Edited by NZ Penguin on 12-20-2007 03:28 PM

Any HP printer....will do the job

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