what kind of printer should I buy?

[vint]

Well you know I have to give my 2 cents worth on this subject because of the trouble I've had with my Canon printer.  If I would have known I was going to be using a Linux OS 2 years ago I would have purchased one of the HP laser printers because they work on Linux out of the box without any problems from what I've read.  Stay away from Canon as they have a difficult process to install their Linux drivers that can make a Linux beginner grab a sledge hammer and beat the printer to death.  I have first hand knowledge of this frustration.

[Redchief]

No worries, if you are needing to print things and you only have the Canon printer, you can set up a small Windows system to run the Canon printer. Output your linux made files to PDF, then move file over to Windows pc for print output.

Good luck,

Well you know I have to give my 2 cents worth on this subject because of the trouble I've had with my Canon printer.  If I would have known I was going to be using a Linux OS 2 years ago I would have purchased one of the HP laser printers because they work on Linux out of the box without any problems from what I've read.  Stay away from Canon as they have a difficult process to install their Linux drivers that can make a Linux beginner grab a sledge hammer and beat the printer to death.  I have first hand knowledge of this frustration.

[Redchief]

Greetings. Since my last post I am unhappy to report since I have upgraded my pc and installed LL 6.0 I am so far not able to install the Xerox phaser 6022 drivers. It is connected via ethernet. Before, I was using it successfully on LL 5.4 with my other pc. Now it's a dead dinasour on LL 6.0 :banghead

The HP Laserjet 9040DN is working though on new system thankfully.

I am also a life long retired from printing and graphics man. I sometime miss the smell of real ink and solvents. Want to buy an offset?

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[...]Xerox 6022 phaser color laser

All work great.

Great thanks for the tip!
I only used Canon LBP 5000 (a color laser printer).
The rest, were (ink) jet printers.

I've been asking myself a lot about Xerox phaser printers, but never got the guts to spent money on one. Let alone a color one. Cartridges are expensive enough to make you think more than twice before spending the bucks... Since any color printer (jet, too) uses at least three (a good one uses four though...), that skyrockets the expenses. In România (my homeland...), a new color laser is about 30% cheaper than refilling the old one with new cartridges... Sometimes, you find "compatibles". Sometimes, you have to buy "the real thing" though...
Second Hand devices, on the other hand, for home use... I'd skip this path. For multifunctional devices, yes, but they have mass-printing-scanning capabilities and, obviously, you need more room for such one.

Best regards!
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