[ale] new MFP Printer needed

[Damon L. Chesser]

On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 12:31 -0400, Byron Jeff wrote:
> On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 12:04:01PM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
> > Our fax machine has died and we need to replace it.  To that end, I
> > personally would like to replace it with a MFP that is a laser printer.
> > Anybody got a good lead on a Linux compatible MFP that works as a
> > fax/scanner/printer with networking built in?  I am looking at the sub
> > $500 market (for home/home office light use).
> > 
> > Researching this is an exercise in noise filtering.
> 
> Well I just bought an HP J4680 inkjet wireless all-in-one (AIO) yesterday.
> My Kubuntu 9.10 installation with HPLIP found the printer on the network,
> printed in color and scanned. The installation routine complained about the
> Fax PPD being missing. 

One thing I found is that the fax does not seem to work on any of them
(with Linux), but that is OK, if you can manually fax from the printer.



> I presume that if I load that PPD the AIO will be
> able to fax from the computer too.
> 
> HP has laser AIO offerings, though I'm not sure if there's a color laser in
> that ballpark.
> 
> HPLIP isn't a perfect solution. But at least HP is actively trying to
> support their products on Linux.
> 
> BAJ


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Damon
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