New scanner/printer combo

[Bill Davidsen]

Tim Waugh wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 13:14 -0500, Robert Nichols wrote:
>> You can go to http://hplipopensource.com/ (aka hplip.net), click on
>> "Supported Printers", and see if the model you are considering is
>> one of the 1,924 currently supported by hplip.
> 
> Also: make sure (and double-check!) the the model you are considering
> does not require the HPLIP proprietary binary "plug-in".  In other
> words, the "Driver Plug-In" column should say "No".
> 
Why is that? Is there a technical problem, or is this just religion?

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