[clug-talk] Printer / Scanner recommendations

[sgrover]

So I decided for now that I have access to other printers.  But I picked 
up a scanner.

I ended up with a cheap Canon scanner from Walwart.  After a bit of 
putzing around, it's now scanning just fine.  (less than an hour.) 
Though it appears that Feisty broke something and we need to "work 
around" it for now with the scanbuttond program...  Apparently this is 
fixed in Gutsy...

(http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2686019)

Shawn

sgrover wrote:
> I'm looking for any recommendations of a printer, scanner, or combo unit 
> that will work well with Linux.
> 
> I will not consider an ink jet at all, so it must be a laser printer.  I 
> would consider a color laser, but I'm aiming for the $200 - $300 range, 
> or cheaper.  Though I might be willing to spend a bit more if the unit 
> is REALLY good, and is "stupid simple" to set up on Linux.
> 
> I just tried out a Samsung SCX-4200, with only partial success.  This is 
> a printer/scanner/copier unit.  I was able to get printing working, and 
> copying (cuz there's no computer interface needed for that), but 
> scanning was an utter failure.  So much so that I think I need to purge 
> sane/xsane from my system outright, then reinstall them - or rebuild my 
> box from scratch.  I blogged about my experience: 
> http://grover.open2space.com/node/160.  Funny thing is that the unit is 
> marked as "Perfectly compatible" on the linuxprinting.org site.  Must be 
> just the printing part of it.  (I returned the unit...)
> 
> I do not NEED a scanner/printer in a single unit.  I'm willing to treat 
> them separately.  I'll rarely ever use a scanner, but do have a project 
> in the next while that needs a bit of scanning work.
> 
> Also, I need recommendations where to find said printer/scanner. 
> Staples, Future Shop, Memory Express, all have rather limited options, 
> and most of them are not well regarded on linuxprinting.org.
> 
> Thanks for any input.
> 
> Shawn
> 
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