What printers are supported by Arch Linux ARM?

[WarheadsSE]

http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Bro ... er-HL-2140

There are reports of ghostscript/gutenprint working. Arch's cups mentions hplip possibly as well.

[Geoff]

I'm using an HP 840C inkjet printer and hpcups driver with no problem. (I access it remotely via IPP from my Ubuntu boxes, where I configured it with the CUPS-Gutenprint driver.) I tried an HP multifunction inkjet printer/scanner and ran into the problem that it disables the PogoPlug's USB subsystem as soon as you plug it in, as several other people have reported. As for a cheap laser printer, I tried the HP 1020 LaserJet. This printer requires a firmware blob to be sent to it after you turn it on and/or plug it in. I tried to compile the compatible foo2ijs driver from the AUR repository, but I failed. I would suggest avoiding any printer that requires firmware to be uploaded, or you may run into the same trouble.

[pepedog]

HP1018 ditto.
Look for printers that do PCL

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheJayOJ', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'B')rother does supply proprietary drivers.. in x86.

I am using CUPS + Gutenprint on a HL-2270dw from my plug.

[WarheadsSE]

I am not using usb.

I will be patching 2.6.31 to 14 & adding more modules soon.

[ResIpsa]

Thank you for following up, I appreciate it.

[TheJayOJ]

Damn printers are such a big mess. Lousy manufacturers.

I'll let you guys know how everything turns out. Thanks for the help.

[cyberic]

I think that if you print from windows, you can ask windows do pass 'raw data' to the printer thanks to samba. This way, if you get the driver on windows, it will be supported, even if it is plugged on a plug running arch.

[TheJayOJ]

You guys probably know about DD-WRT right? It's a custom linux firmware for many branded routers…?

Now DD-WRT supports sharing USB printers if a USB port is available on the router, and I doubt even god knows all the different kinda chips used by router manufacturers.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Printer_Sharing

The material I've come across there, to the best of my comprehension, suggests that you still need to install your printers' drivers on the specific computers from which you want to initiate the print –– DD-WRT simply forwards those to the printer. Like DD-WRT doesn't really need a printer specific driver or something.

I'd be fine getting that sort of function out of my plug. Don't really need to have a truly networked solution than can take up jobs from all sorts of devices like tablets, phones, etc. If I can make it print from my Mac, a Windows netbook and the family Windows desktop, that would be enough for me. So my question, if what I assume about DD-WRT is correct, can I make the plug do this?

Makes me think any basic HP, Brother or Samsung or even Canon should do. Will be printing out Wikipedia and PDFs mostly, nothing heavy duty.

PS: I even thought of getting an inkjet instead, one that offered the lowest cost of ownership (probably HP), and cheap refill kits later on. Inkjets seem to have a better support for different OSes and architectures. Why is that, really?

[TheJayOJ]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'H')ah, no. Google Cloud Print