On Wednesday 04 April 2007, fredex wrote: > On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 07:56:23PM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 April 2007, Tom Weniger wrote: > > > On 4/3/07, Styma, Robert E (Robert) <stymar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Back in the FC3 days, I was helping a person convert > > > > to Fedora from Window$. They had an HP 1320 Printer, > > > > scanner, copier. The Linux drivers at that time could > > > > support it either as a printer or a scanner but not > > > > both. I ended up attaching it to a box running Window$ > > > > and let it go at that. > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any recent experience connecting these > > > > type devices to a Linux box? Are the HP PSC devices > > > > now fully supported? > > > > > > > > Thanks for any advice. > > > > > > > > > > > > Bob Styma > > > > > > Greetings Bob, > > > > > > I have been running a HP PSC 2110 for a few years with different > > > versions of FC with no problems. > > > > It's also worth considering a Brother MF device. One such was put on > > this LAN a few months ago, and I discovered that with the drivers > > supplied by Brother (on their website - there's no mention of linux in > > the manual supplied) I could remotely print and scan. I was quite > > impressed. > > > > Anne > > and drifting A LITTLE off-topic... I bought recently a brother laser > printer (HL-2070N) and it works like a charm without any effort at all. I'm > using Centos-4.4 at home. plugged in the USB cable from the printer and up > pops a configuration dialog. accepted defaults and voila! it's been working > ever since. (Not a MF device, I know, and they tend to be different...). The one I mentioned had usb and ethernet connections. It's good to see Brother supporting linux. I've used HP for years, but having an alternative is always good. Anne
