Quick question about printers

[tomgwyther]

I'm about to buy a new printer, in its technichal specifications it says it Does not support Linux.

Which I find odd as it shouldn't really matter, Ubuntu Linux worked fine with my old printer.

I think what the website selling the printer is trying to say is that The software CD which comes with the printer is only meant for Windows and/or they've never used the printer with Linux so they just say 'No' on the site so as to cover them selfs.

 

Would I be right in thinking any modern inkjet printer will work fine if I just plug it into my USB port.

 

 

Thanks in advance guys

[Klaynos]

That will depend... Have you tried googling the printer model and "ubuntu" or similar?

 

HP printers will tend to work well.

[JillSwift]

Look here:

 

http://www.openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi