HP DeskJet 2778 All-in-One Ink Advantage Wireless Colour Printer not working

[j2mcgreg]

Well . . . in this part of the world, where I am presently located, it seems that printer is not sold.
Reason, only HP will be able to tell.
Here HP markets only laptops in Envy series, not printers.
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And what area is that? We have members located all over the world and we get it that the selection of HP printers is limited in your area. However, if you give us your general location --> Country, but a city close to but not your own, we can recommend the best options from what is readily available. Also we may have other members in your area who can tell you exactly what printer to use.

[mxmatrix]

Oh! I just recognised your forum name! You're the one who contributed the Chinese temple picture for the MX19 wallpapers! We communicated on your WP submissions.

Hmm, I guess it's very possible that in your part of the world that HP and other manufacturers may offer different ranges of printer/AIO products. What is the range of Brother products like where you live? I can't help with HP but probably could give some suggestions for Brother multifunction printers (MFC).

Thanks.
Brother printers that are available here are mostly Monochrome Laser printers. So the price is a bit higher than my range but the main problem is it lacks scanning feature.
Some multifunction printers that are available are :
* Brother DCP-L2520D Multi-Function Monochrome Laser Printer with Auto-Duplex Printing
* Brother DCP-B7535DW Multi-Function Monochrome Laser Printer with Auto Duplex Printing & Wi-Fi
* Brother DCP-L2541DW Multi-Function Monochrome Laser Printer with Wi-Fi, Network & Auto Duplex Printing
But they are more expensive. I do not use printer that much. So no point spending so much money on it. At times several months I do not need to take a single print.
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[mxmatrix]

Here rather I find Canon printers are more popular.
But from my knowledge most of them are not supported well on linux.
How about Canon PIXMA E477 All-in-One Wireless Ink Efficient Colour Printer ?

[asqwerth]

Here rather I find Canon printers are more popular.
But from my knowledge most of them are not supported well on linux.
How about Canon PIXMA E477 All-in-One Wireless Ink Efficient Colour Printer ?

You should start a new thread in respect of Canon AIO models if you want to capture the attention of people knowledgeable about Canon.

[Mauser]

Here rather I find Canon printers are more popular.
But from my knowledge most of them are not supported well on linux.
How about Canon PIXMA E477 All-in-One Wireless Ink Efficient Colour Printer ?

I find in my experience with Canon printers that the ink cartridges don't last very long. This is one of the reasons why I prefer HP printers. I currently have a HP Deskjet 1055 all in one printer that continues to work well for me but is a much older version than the examples you have posted earlier. I have mine hooked up via USB cable as I am not a fan of wireless.

[j2mcgreg]

Here rather I find Canon printers are more popular.
But from my knowledge most of them are not supported well on linux.
How about Canon PIXMA E477 All-in-One Wireless Ink Efficient Colour Printer ?

I think that all of us are going at this the wrong way. I think that rather we should be asking you what are the dominant printer brands there? With that information we can narrow it down to which of those brands are known to work well with Linux.

[Huckleberry Finn]

But from my knowledge most of them are not supported well on linux.

Yep. (That's why I like HP. They're at least trying to do something for Linux. They try to support Linux, so I support them :) )

[mxmatrix]

Here rather I find Canon printers are more popular.
But from my knowledge most of them are not supported well on linux.
How about Canon PIXMA E477 All-in-One Wireless Ink Efficient Colour Printer ?

I think that all of us are going at this the wrong way. I think that rather we should be asking you what are the dominant printer brands there? With that information we can narrow it down to which of those brands are known to work well with Linux.

Well more or less most of the brands are available but the range and variety is much less.
Or may be I should say in the lower price range may be very few options.
From the review I see more people buying Canon here but I might rather go for HP.
As I mentioned earlier, most of the Deskjets that I can find are of either 21XX, 23XX, 27XX, 41XX or 47XX series.
I am focusing more on HP 2335, in case it is not suitable then HP 2778.

[j2mcgreg]

The HP Deskjet All In One 2700 series are fully supported in hplip, which makes the 2778 model the best choice right now.

[mxmatrix]

. . . I am not a fan of wireless.

Any technical reason for that ?
Is it unsafe ?

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