Comments on: Networked multi-function printers/scanner recommendations

By: Jeff Waugh

Jeff Waugh — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:54:11 +0000

Pia and I got an HP Photosmart 3310 printer/scanner/fax. Unfortunately, after a while it stopped picking up paper in its tray (which makes it completely useless as a fax or printer), but it has always been wonderful as a WiFi (WPA2) or wired network device. I still use it as a network scanner.

Perhaps there is a more recent model that is built more solidly. :-)

By: Matt Bottrell

Matt Bottrell — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:47:51 +0000

Have you considered just hooking up a USB-Ethernet dongle/print server or even utilising something like a Fox board?

By: byte

byte — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:00:25 +0000

Thanks Jeremy. From what I gather, the PSC 2510 isn’t quite what I’m after… Its a photo printer, which is cool and all, but I’d prefer the workhorse to be a LaserJet (just used it longer, and I know it works a lot harder).

Yup, hpijs/Xsane is what I use on Linux, and there have been some network printers that allow scanning over the network, just not this particular model. The older models worked just fine using Xsane (I can’t remember exactly which one, but its one Stewart/MacplusG3 recommended to me – but that one died a horrible death via the printer head itself failing in the first week of me owning it, so I promptly returned it to HP)

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:34:25 +0000

I don’t know if you’re after a business or home type printer, but we have a HP PSC 2510 that has a web interface for scanning, which is really handy.

Not only that, but getting it working with something like Xsane is as simple as an apt-get install hpijs, and answering the debconf questions.

Never scanned on it with OS X, but I’m sure the web interface at least will work.