What's the current state of printers on Linux? Are there any decent options?

victoryonion, 10 months ago

Brother printers are plug and play for me.

croobat, 10 months ago

+1 Once you try Brother printers, you never go back.

passthepotato, 10 months ago

+2 WiFi b&w Brother laser with aftermarket toner, haven't looked back.

perkele, 10 months ago

I love mine, it just works. I have Linux, macOS, and Windows devices printing to mine flawlessly.

elf, 10 months ago

Definitely. Mine just works immediately without any issues.

pitl, 10 months ago

I have to regularly use HP, Brother, and Epson wireless printers with my laptop, and they've all worked via CUPS with no tinkering that I can recall. In one of the cases (the Epson WF-3720) the available settings and indicators were very limited, but beyond that no issues.

Captain_Wtv, 10 months ago

HP works with Hplip, but you have to buy a laser printer to not get scammed. I think Samsung and Brother work without any issues. Most do I think. I would check the CUPS article from the archwiki.

synthllama, 10 months ago

If it's a network printer and it lists Postscript and/or PCL6 support on its specs it should be good for at least basic printing. I still use my Brother laser though, haven't needed to replace it yet.