[NBLUG/talk] Anyone familiar/successful with Canon D530 laser under linux?

[Robert Hayes]

I'm looking for a new printer, astonished that little lasers can be had
for under $90 (I hear they have phones without wires now, too! There,
beat you to it.)

I don't print very much at all, and my needs are 99% text. What I liked
about the Canon is that the cartridges are ~$17 each, last 2100 pages,
and include the drum in the cartridge; complete imaging renewal with
each cartridge change.

It copies and scans, no automatic doc feeder(I'll live) and no fax.

A little voice said "Do your research, dummy." and lo and behold, it
doesn't work consistently with linux, even with the Canon afterthought
drivers.

Anyone have any experience with this model line, or have good
suggestions/experience for an MFP that will fill my needs? I'm currently
running Ubuntu but will probably go back to a vanilla Debian soon.

I have scars on my unmentionables from (most recently) a perfectly good
HP Inkjet MFP that requires a cartridge they've discontinued, the
Touchpad Debacle (tm) and a WebOS phone. I won't purchase another HP
product ever, ever even if Satan or Meg Whitman installed them
personally with fresh blended kittens. Bitter much? Yes.

Thanks in advance.

Bob