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Recommend a printer with open-source support. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago by tdTrX@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Ideally I am looking for a printer with

opensource - Hardware, firmware, drivers, All OS support,
No Shenanigans like mixing up colors, wasting ink in storage, hidden codes
Easy to maintain and repair,
low ink cost
No Wifi or bluetooth

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[–] Dsklnsadog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Brother HL-L2310D, super basic black-and-white laser. USB only, no Wi-Fi junk, no “phone app required” crap. Just stick it in, install drivers, and it spits out pages. Toner is cheap and it doesn’t freak out when you don’t use it for a week.

Brother HL-L2370DN, same deal but with wired LAN if you want to share it on a network. Still no Wi-Fi/Bluetooth nonsense. Nice solid little workhorse, prints fast, simple guts, cheap toner, none of that overhyped smart printer fluff.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Brother

Are their drivers open source?

EDIT: I guess you dont need the official drivers https://wiki.debian.org/Brother

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've never installed a manufacturer's driver for my brother printer across distributions. Even live USB images can print to it with no trouble.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It just depends on the model. Some of them refuse to do anything or just dont scan for example if you dont use the official driver.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

I bet it's more complicated for those multi function machines.

[–] jtzl@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 days ago

Bless you🙏

[–] tdTrX@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

How perfect is it ? What is the Catch here ?

1 .opensource - Hardware, firmware, drivers, All OS support, 2. No Shenanigans like mixing up colors, wasting ink in storage, hidden codes 3. Easy to maintain and repair, 4. low ink cost 5. No Wifi or bluetooth

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago

These are by far the best recommendations; I second.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I am having an impossible time finding "N" (network) models in most consumer stores. It seems that they have all been replaced by "W" (wireless) models.

[–] mech@feddit.org 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The W models should still have an ethernet port, and you can disable the WiFi.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

I didn't want to assume requirements and OP specifically asked for no wifi/BT. If this is for a secure system then maybe a software disable might not be sufficient.

[–] Libb@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

+1 for the 2370DN. Works wonder (with Linux, Mac and Windows) and replaced a 12 years old model from... Brother that also worked well.