Re: [gNewSense-users] Need a printer for my computer - I think I found one "HP F2480"

[Vladimir B. Tsarkov]

Good evening!

As far as I know, any postscript printer will work nicely with free software.
I personally use an HP 1320 Laserjet with a D-Link print-server.
The worst thing about HP printers is that many of them throw a lot
of toner into the air in front of a working printer. So, the room must
be ventilated while the printer is working. 

Good luck!
Vladimir

> Hello,
> 
> I currently don't have a functioning printer at home which is a problem
> for my mom because she wants to print things. Soon after we found out
> that our printer stopped working (or even refused to open when hitting
> the 'on' switch) my mother asked if we can both go to the computer shop
> to find a new printer. I was worried that we would find a printer that
> would only work with non-free software.
> 
> I found the page http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/printers and
> specifically went to
> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/combined.html
> which it had a link to and noticed that the printer we saw in an
> advertisement "HP Πολυμηχάνημα InkJet 3-σε-1 F 2480" was listed at the
> webpage, with "Driver Plug-in" set to "no". (which the
> http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/printers page said I should take notice
> of) I'm considering to buy that printer. Just thought of letting you
> know, because maybe in the future I will find out that it doesn't work
> using fully free software, although I really hope that it will work and
> without any non-free software.