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Years ago, Brother printers seemed to be one of the few feasible options. What's the printer landscape like today? Are there any plug and play options that aren't part of some ink scam?

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[–] derek@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Afaik, most of them are supported. Haven't had any problems with a printer in linux. Linux uses CUPS and CUPS is made by apple, so, I thought, most of printers are supported by it.

And you could also search for drivers on manufacturer's page, there'll be linux version.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Samsung and HP drivers don't work very well on Linux last I heard.

[–] derek@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Hm, I was thinking opposite about HP, because there's hplib or something like that for Linux, that is made by UP and stays in a tray. Not exactly sure, because I don't have HP printer anymore, but that was a thing like 5yrs ago

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