Which cheap HP printers are compatible in Manjaro?

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I’m going to buy a cheap hp printer, as I rarely use it, but scanning photos is often more interesting as I can post them on my website etc.

But I have searched google for this question, but the printers that people out here refer to are too old, they are no longer available for purchase.

I have looked at these printers:
Canon Pixma MG2555S
Canon PIXMA TS3350
HP DeskJet 2810
HP DeskJet 2822e

I note that you can download a driver for the Canon PIXMA TS3350 on Canon’s website: Canon linux drivers

But this driver is specific to Fedora 30(32bit/64bit)
Ubuntu 19.04(64bit)

The lists of linux compatible printers are too out of date so the printers referred to are no longer available in online stores.

So which cheap inkjet printer should I buy that is compatible with Manjaro?

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Look in AUR:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/canon-pixma-g6000-complete

Print Scan for Canon PIXMA series E3340 G5040 G5050 G5070 G6040 G6050 GM2050 TS3340 TS3350 TS3351 TS3352 TS3355 TS5340 TS5350 TS5351 TS5352 TS5353 TS6340 TS6350 TS6351 TS8340 TS8350 TS8351 TS8352

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FYI, there are many printer drivers packaged in the AUR (Arch User Repository). Most of them are created from the .deb (Debian) or .rpm (Fedora) packages.

Either way, what I do is find the filename of the printer driver from the manufacturers website, then search for things like the printer series, model number, etc. to see if a driver is already packaged.

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Manjaros manjaro-printer package build upon hplib (beside others) which is provided by hp on their website with a list of supported devices.

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I se the TS5350 it`s in the list there, so you mean that i can purchase PIXMA TS3350 then?
[https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/canon-pixma-g6000-complete]

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Problem vid this list are that most of this printers are to old and not in the shop animore!

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How is it a problem, that hp supports old printers as well as new ones?

You should look for a printer you like and then check the list if it has driver support (which will be the case for 95% of printers).

The manjaro-printers meta-package also has support for several other printer including generic cups support. But if you want to check driver support beforehand you would need to check device lists of the actual driver packages as I provided to you for hp specifically.

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I lock into this list https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/canon-pixma-g6000-complete and se the Canon PIXMA TS3350 are in this list. This printer its cheep and ok for me, so i ask all here if this its ok for manjaro?

But this driver is specific to Fedora 30(32bit/64bit)
Ubuntu 19.04(64bit) on Canon website!

And i se that this driver its in the Pamac, so i go for Canon PIXMA TS3350 then.

Thanks for all help here.

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If you choose a HP printer I think package “hplip” will deal with almost any HP printer. Package “skanlite” will deal as a charm with scanning.
I have a cheap HP Photosmart and it works fine.
Hope this will help you choose.

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I have get Canon PIXMA TS3350 to day. I will try to sett it upp later to day.

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After installing the driver from the package manager and adding the printer to the kde control center, both printing and scanning work 100%. with Cannon Pixma TS 3350.

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Good news, and better Canon than HP. You’re going to avoid lots of headaches:

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