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Multifunction Laser Printer and Linux (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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EDIT: I purchased the Brother L2690DW on a Clearance deal from Walmart and so far it has been a breeze using it between my Linux desktop and laptop.

My faithful Brother laser printer just poo'd itself. And since I've not purchased a new printer with additional features since I switched to full-time Linux, I thought I'd better ask around to make sure the document scanning, copy, fax (maybe once a year if that), and other features will work correctly.

The printer I have no worked without issue with Pop!_OS. Very straight forward plug in play other than a weird quirk with scaling when printing from Firefox built-in PDF handler vs the Document Viewer that ships with Pop.

Does anyone have any advice on potential pitfalls to avoid? I'd like to stick with brother because they seem to be the least evil of the printer corps, but I'm open to other suggestions.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A standalone scanner only really makes sense if you scan a lot of documents. Otherwise an all in one will so just fine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If you don't scan a lot of documents you can also take pics with your phone and run them through a cleanup & straighten app (aka "scanner" apps).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

On most phones the end result will look fairly poor AND it will be a pain in the ass.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

On most phones the result will be excellent. It's up to the app you use to clean the image but there are excellent ones out there. And the phone cameras have very good resolutions.

The flow is what you make of it. I'm pretty sure you can find a solution to upload, print, email or whatever the images if you want.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You need to do something like this (and add LED strip).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Or, and hear me out, you could buy a Brother printer/scanner combo for not much more than just a printer, and not have to fuck around with building a scanner jig for your phone

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

My wife uses an app called Adobe Scan and it seems to work well enough. We scan receipts, warranty documents, paperwork, etc. with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

True, but that's only really an option for really small volumes. For most people the scanner in an all in one will do just fine.