Thomas@discuss.tchncs.detoOpen Source@lemmy.ml•What’s the best printer in terms of no DRM/Open source
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1 year agoMost comments comments mention Brother, but for me, Oki is working like a charm. Using a B431dn (b/w, duplex) and a C531dn (color, duplex) with PPD files from OpenPrinting. Older models though, not sure if Oki dropped quality in favour of DRM since.
Rules of thumb:
- Laser instead of ink unless you specifically know that you need/want ink.
- Stay away from HP, Canon, and probably Epson. HP, like IBM, has long lost its aspiration for quality.
- Stay away from anything that is ‘smart’ or ‘cloud’.
There was choice, but not enough volunteers: https://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/