What is my username in there?' I have no idea where 'in there' is. When you say 'tried the test page from there and test page seems fine. Any of these will be a pain compared to just getting a printer that works. You can also print in Linux to a PDF, then move the file over and print from Windows. You should be able to set up a CUPS server on that machine, broadcast the server to your Linux machine, and use the printer. Other major brands are pretty well supported, such as Epson and Lexmark.Ĭan you send through a Win 10 computer? probably. Any Postscript will work because ALL of the processing is done inside the printer. HP is so common that many want to support them. Compatibility and drivers vary widely from brand to brand. If the manufacturer does not care more about Linux customers than this, it is impossible for any developer to help. Neither manufacturers nor developers have time to spend on backporting to support odd, old printers. If the old Samsung is the printer you are looking to support, and a driver is not available now, don't expect it to ever be available. If they don't provide a compatible driver for Linux (rare) or open-source the specs so that someone else can write a driver (more rare) then a Linux developer is left with reverse-engineering to try to design a driver. At that point your 'printer' is a cartridge with a motor in a box, and the rest of the printer is in the Windows computer. If they can remove electronics from the printer and substitute software drivers in the host computer to do the processing, they often will do. Printer manufacturers are highly cost driven. If there are many other models in your brand that are listed as compatible, you may be lucky. Still not knowing what your printer brand is (unless I missed it), makes it harder to help. TL DR: Don't rely on CDs, make sure you have a free software driver included in the distribution before purchasing the printer. And at some point Brother stopped updating the driver for the then current versions of Ubuntu, so it became a paperweight when I upgraded, unfortunately. The problem was that the driver had proprietary components, so it wasn't included in Ubuntu. I had downloaded the drivers from their website. Long ago, back in the GNOME 2 days, I also had a Brother printer. If the printer is very new and is not yet supported by the hplip package in Ubuntu MATE, you can find more information at and download the latest version from there. Additionally, you may want to install the hplip-gui package that provides notifications, even if the tray icon is kind of buggy (see ). Good for my main Ubuntu box but not for the Pi. The printer & scanner drivers (cnijfilter2-5.00-1-deb & scangearmp2-3.00-1-deb) are for i386 and AMD architectures but nowt for ARM. I have a DeskJet 2620 and it works like a charm thanks to the free software hplip drivers that are packaged by default in Ubuntu MATE. duracell wrote: I have an RPi2 running Raspbian and a Canon mg2950 mulifinction ink-jet. In my experience, HP printers work best with free operating systems. Depends on your printer like others have said.

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