[nzlug] Being a lazy burger....

[Cliff Pratt]

Cliff Pratt wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote:
>> Cliff Pratt wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm being a lazy burger and asking before I've done the
>>> research....
>>> 
>>> So, how do these USB attached printers and MFCs go on Linux? I've
>>>  always used parallel printers till now. In this case I'm using
>>> CUPS on Ubuntu....
>>> 
>>> Do they
>>> 
>>> a) all go, no problems b) some do, some don't c) Don't bother to
>>> go there
>>> 
>> my HP PSC 2210 works in its entirety, prints, scans, (sends)faxes
>> and the cardreader works too. In fact it works better than it did
>> under windows, which was not at all due to some undiagnosable
>> error, probably linked to my VIA USB chipset. But it works under
>> linux. Support HP, they support open source. Do check the
>> individual model first though.
>> 
> As I said before, I don't believe that HP *does* really support open
>  source. They do support RedHat. I work with them day in, day out and
>  unless the machine in question is running RedHat or Windows, they
> don't want to know. And then only specific versions of RH or Windows.
> (eg at one time they supported RHEL3 but not RHEL4, even though RHEL
> was, I think, approaching 2 years old). They won't even raise an
> Incident Number in their systems!
> 
> However, if you get through to one of the local people, they will 
> generally help you out whatever the OS. The local people are white
> hats, not red hats.
> 
> Incidentally, I don't blame RedHat for this - they could not possibly
>  support all the possible configurations of Linux and other OSS out 
> there. It would be prohibitively expensive.
> 
> I've had several HP desktop printers and I don't think that I would
> buy another. I would not buy any other brand of Laser Printer
> however, if I could help it. Horses for courses.
> 
I meant "I don't blame HP for this...."

Cheers,

Cliff