On 2019-07-15, Markus Robert Kessler  wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> for printing, making copies and sending / receiving faxes from time to
> time, I am using an
>
> "All-in-one" Fax / Scanner / Laserprinter, HP MFPM 127 fn.
>
> After installing HPLIP it worked fine under Ubuntu, Mageia and even on a
> Raspberry with Raspbian Stretch.
>
> But, high-resolution fax never worked (standalone), scanning and hence
> copying is slow, and the nechanical part gets worse every day.
>
> So, I am looking for a replacement, but don't know, what to choose.
>
> HP seems good, but I hope that the newer models no longer have the
> mentione flaws. With Epson or Samsung I have less experience.
>
> I also have a Brother Laser printer, which is really good, but I am not
> sure if this is valid for their fax machines, also.
>
> Can someone give a recommendation?
>
> I don't need Mac OS support, or fancy Windows drivers.

Well, those are what give you the PPD files that Linux needs.


A slightly tangential report. When I was looking for a scanner, I
discovered that the speed of the scanners differed hugely (by factors of
10). I finally settled on an Epson 1660 scanner, which is fast (perhaps
5 sec for a 300dpi full page, slower for higher resulution vs a minute
for one of the other models I tried).

Recall that a multifuction has to get three things right (printing,
scanning and faxing) and a cheap multifunction has to distribute the
money amongst three devices--ie, don't expect great behaviour out of a
cheap multifuction.

Do you really need fax? Can you not email the pictures?
Do you have and old faxmodem lying around that you could use?

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