My friend is of the argument that he will buy only H.P printers,because of the HPLIP (Hewlett Packard Linux Imaging project) where H.P developers work to make open source drivers available for linux and BSD. This is probably the only instance where the device manufacturers works on fully free open sourced projects which support the full functionality (not merely the just works bit)
how correct is his argument ?
does this mean that HP is the only Printer company that provides Linux driver support for its devices ?
what about the epson associate avasys (http://www.avasys.jp) ?
Is there any other company which provides similar support ?
David brown :-
There are several companies which provide good Linux support (drivers,ppd files, documentation, and officially supporting Linux). I don't have a list, but I know that Konica Minolta do a good job.
Henrik carlqvist
Also, if you are buying a more serious printer, there is no need to worry about support for different OSes. Instead the keyword to search for in the specifications is "PostScript". Most "printer drivers" for Linux translates postscript to some protocol specific for the printer. If the printer natively speaks postscript the host computer CPU will save some cycles and it will be easier to configure the printer
ray
With Linux, unlike MS, it is not necessary for a particular company to provide support. For example, a PCL4 printer is a PCL4 printer - that is a standard. So my Brother HL-1440 printer works impeccably with Linux. I have had excellent results with the avasys support on scanners and my Epson Stylus Photo R350. Samsung, Brother, and Lexmark all provide varying levels of support.
psaava
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Printers
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