Hey, sorry if this isn’t the right place to ask this (feel free to show me the way). I want to get myself a printer that can also scan. Main purpose is to not have endless sheets of paper laying around, but to scan Documents I recieve and then throwing them away so that I only have them digitally and can print stuff out only when I need them. Now I know that printers are the worst piece of hardware known to man and my needs not office-level.It doesn’t have to have any more buttons or features than are needed to scan a doublesided document and print them, without clogging/eating paper, and print black and white text without complaining about being low on yellow ink.

So my question generally is: what is the most minimalist, non-bullshit printer/scanner that I could get? But since all my devices run Linux I figured I’d just ask this here. Are there any big issues I have to look out for? Brands to avoid? (i.e nvidia being a no go for a lot of linux users) Preferably

  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I just have a simple Brother laser printer: It has never failed me. Not even sure what model it is but I imagine their scanners/MFPs are pretty similar.

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      1 year ago

      The Brother printer I bought recently was easier to install on Linux than on Mac. I think that says something. Always works too

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      1 year ago

      Agreed, Brother!

      I got a Brother MFC-L2750DW and networked setup was so simple. My every device I own detected it including my phone.

      Note I haven’t tried connecting it via USB, just network.