On 2019-07-16, Markus Robert Kessler  wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Jul 2019 23:30:42 +1000 Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>
>> On 16/7/19 5:30 am, 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.
>>> But it should work reliably under the mentioned Linux distros, without
>>> annying me.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any hint!
>>
>> I am using a Brother bubblejet MFC.  I don't semd faxes, but sometimes,
>> I want to print scans.  Speed is not a problem, but for better quality,
>> I find that the driver for scanning under Windows 10 gives a far
>> superior result.  Maybe it is Linux, not the MFC, that is the limiting
>> factor?
>
> Maybe the windows drivers are more sophisticated and can get more out of
> your scanner. Yes. Such things may happen.
>
> Have you been looking for an update to Sane / Sane-Gimp?
>
> And, first I was searching for a solution to use SANE over network. But
> today's all-in-one models from Brother provide fax-to-email. This seems
> to me more practical, since otherwise one would have to jump between PC
> and fax. So, you just say what and how to scan and walk to your PC.
> Let's see how this works.

For what it's worth, I'm using an Epson WF-2540 on my desktop box
running Stretch.  The scanner gets along well with xsane, what little
printing I do comes out OK, and if I need to send a fax I just plug
the phone line into it and use it stand-alone.  I access it via wifi,
as does my wife's Macbook.  It does the job.

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