[NBLUG/talk] Anyone familiar/successful with Canon D530 laser under linux?

[Michael Long]

skip the usb connection and go wireless. It’s much easier to get printers working. (assuming you have wireless in your house of course).

Mike

On Jan 22, 2014, at 12:05 PM, Robert Hayes <rhayes at silcom.com> wrote:

> I'm looking for a new printer, astonished that little lasers can be had
> for under $90 (I hear they have phones without wires now, too! There,
> beat you to it.)
> 
> I don't print very much at all, and my needs are 99% text. What I liked
> about the Canon is that the cartridges are ~$17 each, last 2100 pages,
> and include the drum in the cartridge; complete imaging renewal with
> each cartridge change.
> 
> It copies and scans, no automatic doc feeder(I'll live) and no fax.
> 
> A little voice said "Do your research, dummy." and lo and behold, it
> doesn't work consistently with linux, even with the Canon afterthought
> drivers.
> 
> Anyone have any experience with this model line, or have good
> suggestions/experience for an MFP that will fill my needs? I'm currently
> running Ubuntu but will probably go back to a vanilla Debian soon.
> 
> I have scars on my unmentionables from (most recently) a perfectly good
> HP Inkjet MFP that requires a cartridge they've discontinued, the
> Touchpad Debacle (tm) and a WebOS phone. I won't purchase another HP
> product ever, ever even if Satan or Meg Whitman installed them
> personally with fresh blended kittens. Bitter much? Yes.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Bob
> 
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