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Re: Canon makes printers sold under the HP brand (Was: Laserjet 2300 - pause between pages)

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On 30/06/2019 20.41, Kenny McCormack wrote:
> In article <23ciuf-ol7.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>,
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> ...
>> It is curious that they have very different policies regarding Linux.
>> Many HP printers (like the laserjets) work under Linux directly, but you
>> can install specific drivers mad by HP people although not by the
>> company itself. With Canon printers, it is the reverse: many of their
>> printers do not work directly under Linux or need specific drivers from them.
> 
> It seems to me that Canon makes and sells low-end (cheap) printers under
> their own name (Hence, no Linux drivers).  At the same time, it
> manufactures high-end (expensive but likely having Linux drivers) printers
> which then get sold under the "HP" brand.
> 
> This sort of model - where a given manufacturer produces multiple lines of
> product and sells them under different brands (such that the end-user is
> left uncertain/confused about what company actually makes the product they
> are buying) - is actually fairly common.  And, usually, it is as it is here
> - the cheap line is the one sold under the actual brand (I.e., low-end
> Canon-produced printers are sold as "Canon").

No, that doesn't fully fit.

For one thing, I don't consider many HP printer "high end". And for
another, it is HP employees who make the Linux HP drivers apparently on
their spare time.

And for another, they are different companies, no different names.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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  Re: Laserjet 2300 - pause between pages Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2019-06-28 17:21 +0000
  Re: Laserjet 2300 - pause between pages "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-28 20:17 +0200
    Re: Laserjet 2300 - pause between pages Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-06-28 19:43 +0000
      Re: Laserjet 2300 - pause between pages "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-28 23:06 +0200
        Canon makes printers sold under the HP brand (Was: Laserjet 2300 - pause between pages) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-06-30 18:41 +0000
          Re: Canon makes printers sold under the HP brand (Was: Laserjet 2300 - pause between pages) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-30 22:27 +0200
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      Re: Laserjet 2300 - pause between pages "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-29 12:49 +0200
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