Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2022-06-21 at 17:30 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2022-06-21 at 06:54 -0700, Doug Herr wrote: > > > I installed and configured the driver as a dnssd service (using > > > the > > > KDE > > > system settings panel), but I'm getting an error: "Unable to > > > locate > > > printer

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-21 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2022-06-21 at 06:54 -0700, Doug Herr wrote: > > I installed and configured the driver as a dnssd service (using the > > KDE > > system settings panel), but I'm getting an error: "Unable to locate > > printer". > > > > The dnssd daemon is running, as is systemd-resolved and avahi- > > daemo

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-21 Thread Doug Herr
On Tue, Jun 21, 2022, at 3:02 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2022-06-20 at 22:32 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Mon, 2022-06-20 at 09:38 -0700, Doug Herr wrote: >> > On Mon, Jun 20, 2022, at 3:08 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> > > I'd just add that my Brother WiFi printer/scan

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-21 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2022-06-20 at 22:32 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2022-06-20 at 09:38 -0700, Doug Herr wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2022, at 3:08 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > I'd just add that my Brother WiFi printer/scanner works just as > > > well > > > (using the manufacturer's drive

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-20 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2022-06-20 at 09:38 -0700, Doug Herr wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2022, at 3:08 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > I'd just add that my Brother WiFi printer/scanner works just as > > well > > (using the manufacturer's driver blob which is essentially just a > > CUPS > > installation script), so

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-20 Thread Doug Herr
On Mon, Jun 20, 2022, at 3:08 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I'd just add that my Brother WiFi printer/scanner works just as well > (using the manufacturer's driver blob which is essentially just a CUPS > installation script), so no need to take up a USB port or add a network > card. No doubt HP

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-20 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2022-06-20 at 11:08 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > No doubt HP ones would also be fine. I have an old HP office printer (P3015) it works well with CUPS for the last several years and the new driverless thing CUPS is currently doing. Network printers seem to be the best ones, they ten

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-20 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2022-06-19 at 17:58 -0400, R. G. Newbury wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:54:16 Richard England > wrote >   > So, it's time again for me to> get a new printer/scanner as the > old > one> just died. > > I hope it isn't too much off-topic to solicit advice on what to get > > so > > that it w

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-19 Thread R. G. Newbury
On Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:54:16 Richard England wrote > So, it's time again for me to> get a new printer/scanner as the old one> just died. I hope it isn't too much off-topic to solicit advice on what to get so that it would work flawlessly with Fedora. I'm looking for a rather basic model. When I

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-19 Thread George N. White III
On Sun, Jun 19, 2022 at 5:09 AM Tim via users wrote: > On Sat, 2022-06-18 at 21:13 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > It's very rare for a printer to not work with Linux now. Almost all > > new printers have at least IPP support even if there isn't a specific > > Linux driver for it. > That holds fo

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-19 Thread Tim via users
On Sat, 2022-06-18 at 21:13 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > It's very rare for a printer to not work with Linux now. Almost all > new printers have at least IPP support even if there isn't a specific > Linux driver for it. Ever since Macs started using CUPS it's done us a favour, since manufacturers

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-18 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/16/22 01:02, andreas.fourn...@runbox.com wrote: I hope it isn't too much off-topic to solicit advice on what to get so that it would work flawlessly with Fedora. I'm looking for a rather basic model. When I browse the homepages of manufacturers I can't find any mention of support for Linux.

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-18 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> Joking aside, Hewlett Packard, Brother, and Canon, to name just >> three brands that frequently sell printers and scanners that can be >> used with Linux. George N. White III: > Read the software licenses before purchase. Vendors have been > moving to licenses that assume no responsibili

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-18 Thread George N. White III
On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 5:53 AM Tim via users wrote: > On Thu, 2022-06-16 at 10:02 +0200, andreas.fourn...@runbox.com wrote: > > I hope it isn't too much off-topic to solicit advice on what to get > > so that it would work flawlessly with Fedora. I'm looking for a > > rather basic model. When I b

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-17 Thread Richard England
On 6/16/22 01:02, andreas.fourn...@runbox.com wrote: So, it's time again for me to get a new printer/scanner as the old one just died. I hope it isn't too much off-topic to solicit advice on what to get so that it would work flawlessly with Fedora. I'm looking for a rather basic model. When I br

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2022-06-16 at 10:02 +0200, andreas.fourn...@runbox.com wrote: > So, it's time again for me to get a new printer/scanner as the old > one > just died.  > > I hope it isn't too much off-topic to solicit advice on what to get > so > that it would work flawlessly with Fedora. I'm looking for a

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-16 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2022-06-16 at 10:02 +0200, andreas.fourn...@runbox.com wrote: > I hope it isn't too much off-topic to solicit advice on what to get > so that it would work flawlessly with Fedora. I'm looking for a > rather basic model. When I browse the homepages of manufacturers I > can't find any mention

Re: Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-16 Thread fedora
Hi Andreas I use a Color/Printer/Scanner/Copier HP Color Laser Jet Pro MFP M177 fw, and no problem so far. It is not a very fast printer, that really not, sufficient however for my needs. To install: Go to HP http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html take the Wizard and

Getting a new printer/scanner

2022-06-16 Thread andreas . fournier
So, it's time again for me to get a new printer/scanner as the old one just died.  I hope it isn't too much off-topic to solicit advice on what to get so that it would work flawlessly with Fedora. I'm looking for a rather basic model. When I browse the homepages of manufacturers I can't find any m