Hardware that Just Works

Hardware that Just Works

My record is 785 MB of random software for the HP 6310 all-in-one device on Windows, which took me a long time to uninstall after I mistakenly installed it on one box.

A shame, as this is actually a very good device that is incredibly compact (fits on a reasonably sized shelf and doesn't require much vertical clearance), includes Ethernet connection and USB, does print/scan/copy/fax, and is supported according to Linuxprinting.org - not yet tried with Linux but I'm sure it will work. Print quality is generally good, but the copier feature is quite a bit slower than a 'real' copier of the analogue sort, and quality not quite as good, e.g. copying of thin lines is not great.

For those using Windows, HP does also have a much smaller 'corporate driver package' that does what it says without the extra cruft.