They work better in Linux than Windows, not to mention backwards compatibility.
EDIT: I may be wrong about newest printer models, 2020 and above.
EDIT2: Hardware problems are an entirely different issue.
Yeah I switched to LMDE a couple months ago and I plugged in my printer for the first time but long ago. I was worried it wouldn't work at first but it started printing right away!
I had to start the scanner tool from the command line, I felt like a hacker but it did usually work on Linux.
Printers suck so bad that are responsible of starting free software (well part of it). Thanks printers for sucking bad.
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Hardware problems are an entirely different issue.
Literally the biggest issue
To be honest, yes 🤷.
No joke, printing is like the #1 thing I like most about switching from Windows to Linux. I still get errors about the bypass tray every time I try to print from Windows. I'M NOT USING THE BYPASS TRAY!
Ah, the famous bypass tray... I still have no idea why they made those...
I got an amazing old HP office laser jet, a 1320n. Would Linux be able to print from it relatively easily? I had to work pretty hard to get it on W10.
You can always try a Mint LiveUSB
On Pop my networked printers were just there without me needing to do anything.
Same I've had great luck with pop, it found my brother color laser and even installed my hp latex 260. I'd never print to that directly though.
WTF? Is this about using inkjets on WiFi?
That was the last thing that kept me dual booting. Eventually, I realized that my printer wasn't worth using on any OS so I wasn't losing anything by going all-in.
Just don't buy HP/Epson/Canon.
Buy a Brother Laserprinter, and never worry again for the rest of your life.
Trouble is, no parts for Brother over here 😔. HP has the market here and parts for them are dirt cheap.
Sure, I can order from AliExpress, but it'll take months to arrive.
My scanner/printer works flawlessly ij Linux. It's fantastic. I cannot get it to work in windows, but no big deal I rarely use windows anyways.
But it is amusing that it simply will not work in windows.
And this printer is from 2023.
Set up a CUPS server and it'll work fine with Windows too.
Printers are a massive headache on both. But at least with CUPS it's only a massive headache once.
I could, but you would think their own driver would work!
Not a pain on Linux at all. Printing is a breeze. As is scanning. Go figure.
Hint: :q!
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