[nflug] Printer/Scanner Support in Linux/BSD

[Mike Richardson]

Mike Richardson wrote:
> Joshua Ronne Altemoos wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am searching the market for a MFC (Scanner, printer, copier) laser or
>> inkjet That will work in an *nix enviroment very easily. I was looking at
>> HP PSC 1410, some of canon's and samsung (laser) but I have not been able
>> to find out if it is supported in *nix enviroments or not. Anyone care to
>> share?
> 
> HP all-in-one's generally have print support in Linux, but enabling the
> scanning/fax capabilities is going to be the most difficult part.
> 
> I own a working HP PSC 2210 (completely functional on Windows 2000).
> CUPS drivers were no sweat for the printer portion. The scanner,
> however, is a totally different beast. I've reconfigured hpijs according

sorry: hplip

> to several different threads, swapped patched source code for various
> binary distributions, and have yet to even have it recognized. I've been
> so frustrated by it, I haven't even looked into getting the fax
> component working.
> 


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Michael Richardson
Web Programmer, ePharmacotherapy Networks
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
State Univ. of New York at Buffalo
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