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I want to buy a printer/scanner combination. My current choice is the new Canon Pixma MG8150, it has good specs and Canon seems to get lots of praise in printer reviews. But my desktop PC has only Ubuntu 10.10 (no Windows as dual boot/VM/whatever) and I don't know how good the Canon drivers for Linux are. I've only had HP before and the drivers worked OK, but I don't like the new HP models.
If you had experience with Canon printers, scanners and/or combo devices before, please share your experience.
- How easy is it to get the device to work?
- Are there functions which are not supported (which ones?)
- How long does it take until drivers support the newest model?
- Who makes the drivers, Canon themselves or is it a community project like the Wacom drivers?
- Where can I get additional info (project page, or maybe a Canon page where I can download them - I looked for one, but did not find it)
- If Canon does not work well under Linux, which brand (besides HP) does?
no idea about this model, but I have not had good experiences with Canon printers in linux in the past (long time ago, to be honest, but still, first impressions sure matter).
All Lexmark printers we now buy at $WORK have a penguin logo on the box :-); I do not know about their home models, though. – natxo asenjo – 2010-10-31T09:30:49.200
@natxo asenjo That's interesting - Lexmark seems to really have official support for Linux, unlike the other manufacturers. On the other hand, I read a review where their model had an average print and scan quality and the highest print costs for color. I wonder if their official Linux driver has the same functionality as the Windows one (including OCR) – rumtscho – 2010-10-31T14:44:01.313