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Dualboot is evil, use only linux
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my brother laser was easier to set up in linux . windows needed a big ass download , linux just printed.
In my experience, the only OS where printers won't have drivers is Windows.
But I don't deal often with dark demoniac systems, so there are probably lots of niche hellish devices that I don't know the details.
BS, I have gotten HP printers to work on Linux with no problems.
My Epson inkjet is a paperweight without w*ndows
Epson seems to supply Linux drivers according to their website and some Linux users when I searched around
Yeah, there's some drivers but I never could get it quite work.
I was able to get mine working by setting it up as a network printer via windows and then just accessing it like that through Linux. But yeah, if I ever change wifi ssids I would need to factory reset it go back into windows and configure it again. (ET2400)
Edit to be clear the windows instance is only needed for setup, it can be shut down or removed entirely after setup
If I were already using Linux when I bought a printer like that, it would be returned immediately lmao
Lol I would have too, but unfortunately I had owned it for probably 5 years before I switched to linux
I also had a windows server for that for a little bit, but dumped it in the end. Realistically only my wife is using it, and she is still stuck with windows on her Thinkpad
How old is it? Almost all relatively recent printers should support driverless network printing by now.
Maybe 5 years old, haven't tested in a while but it's USB only with no network connectivity
It's actually the same protocol over network or USB, as long as the printer is new enough that is.
Check for your model here, if it's listed then you shouldn't need any drivers and it should "just work".
Unfortunately not :(
They work better on Linux ,more prints than on windows ,same Cartwright. Installing was plug play (Office jet 6950)