Hi,
I have been running Linux Mint for a year now on my laptop with dualboot windows 10. I love Linux and wish i had used it long before i finally did. A few things stop me from removing Windows completely and one of these is the printer - the one i had was an old Epson and it would not be detected via wifi and only via USB.
I read in the pinned section of this forum that HP drivers usually work by default. I am quite happy following the steps in the pinned post if needed. As i am now needing to replace the printer i had, is there a newish HP printer/scanner that works with Wifi and USB that people run with Linux Mint? I only need a cheap printer as it will have limited usage and ideally is still available on Amazon.
thanks
Oli.
printer recommendation
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Re: printer recommendation
Forget about HP drivers and HPLIP. They are redundant and unneeded with a modern HP printer.moiled wrote: ⤴Mon Oct 11, 2021 12:31 pm Hi,
I have been running Linux Mint for a year now on my laptop with dualboot windows 10. I love Linux and wish i had used it long before i finally did. A few things stop me from removing Windows completely and one of these is the printer - the one i had was an old Epson and it would not be detected via wifi and only via USB.
I read in the pinned section of this forum that HP drivers usually work by default. I am quite happy following the steps in the pinned post if needed.
Buy any HP printer you want. It will work on USB and network with Mint 20.2.As i am now needing to replace the printer i had, is there a newish HP printer/scanner that works with Wifi and USB that people run with Linux Mint? I only need a cheap printer as it will have limited usage and ideally is still available on Amazon.
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Brian.
Brian.
Re: printer recommendation
My HP Printer is quite old but it was working with Mint 18.1 with a reliability of let's say 9/10
Since I am with Mint 19.3 it is catastrophic, reliability 1/20
On LM 18 the installation was automatic, never had to do anything
With 20 mucho mucho problem
Since I am with Mint 19.3 it is catastrophic, reliability 1/20
On LM 18 the installation was automatic, never had to do anything
With 20 mucho mucho problem
Linux Mint 20.3 Cinnamon - K 5.15 - Desktop - english
AMD APU A8 7600 - DDR3 1833 MHz 8 GB x2 Dual Channel
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AMD APU A8 7600 - DDR3 1833 MHz 8 GB x2 Dual Channel
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Re: printer recommendation
thanks for replies above - i'll try one of the newer HP's and put an update on here