![]() I have no problems scanning, printing, copying, checking ink levels, cleaning the printer from the Linux interface. I didn’t have to install anything and it was working straight away. In fact the installation on the Linux machine was by far the easiest. When it came to the Linux installation I thought that I need to download all sorts of files but it turned out that hplip (the driver and frontend) is included in a standard Ubuntu installation. ![]() The unit came with a installation CD which contained both Mac and Windows drivers and even though the programs for both were quite bloated and large they worked with out a hitch. Print directly from USB and memory cards.HP has Linux drivers for most of it’s printers which is available on and after it appeared that HP was the best supported option especially when considering the scanning part.Īfter reading a lot of reviews I ended up choosing a HP photosmart C7280 since it fulfilled all my requirements and have threw in some extras: I knew from that both Brother and HP are well supported under Linux but I had my doubts about being able to make the scanning part work. Even though I have a server that also runs a CUPS server it would be nice if the printer had built-in network capabilities. Since my last printer had two-sided printing (duplex) I couldn’t go back to a printer with out this option. The main reason to by a new printer was to be able to make copies and scan documents, so a new printer would have to be a All-In-One (AIO) printer. My girlfriend has a Mac and all my computers run Linux and I have one Windows installation for games, so Linux and Mac support was crucial. While researching I had the following prioritized demands for the new printer: After researching the web for quite a while I finally bought a new multifunction printer for my girlfriend.
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