[phoronixrly]

My experience with Brother printers has always included having to download a package containing a PPD + binary blob from their support site after someone blindly bought one because they are cheap/someone suggested them. Always check before buying if you stand by good OSS support.

[b112]

Always check before buying if you stand by good OSS support.

I typically always do. I have a 20 year old HP colour laser, but it is showing its age. All the praise for Brother printers on HN, somehow short circuited, bypassed my check-it filter.

Thanks for kicking it back in gear.

[netizen-936824]

Which companies have good oss support in terms of printers?

[JoshTriplett]

HP ships Open Source support for just about every printer they provide. (You have to bypass the pile of steps in the on-printer portion of setup that desperately want to push you into an ink subscription, though.)