[CS-FSLUG] Printers on Linux

[Tim Young]

  I will file this support issue away in my brain.  But, until now, 
if a mission organization wanted to connect a printer to a Linux 
computer, I have always recommended HP.  They have always had the 
best drivers and ease of connecting to Linux.  I have never developed 
a "second best" recommendation.  Let me know what you turn up.

     - Tim Young

On 7/8/2010 7:08 AM, Ed Hurst wrote:
> l4c wrote:
>
>> In other words, go ahead and run your HP printer Ed, and if they give
>> you any guff, remind them about that (federal) Magnusson-Moss law.
>> Chances are you just happened to talk to an "associate" who is not
>> really familiar with HP's support policy.  You can be sure there is
>> someone there who actually knows better.
> I appreciate all the reactions from everyone. However, my comments were
> the direct result of contacting HP support. I did elevate to their
> company HQ, but they were the ones demanding I first go through the
> support ticket system, which is not authorized to respond to Linux users
> directly. They simply send the links to their HPLIP pages and that ends
> the conversation.
>
> So I have poked the CEO's office again, but the sum total of the
> contents of their communications has indicated I'm chasing my tail for
> their amusement.
>
> My original question still stands: Is there a better line of printers
> which don't cost more than the computer to which I connect them?
>