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Looking for a printer/scanner combination that works out of the box with Ubuntu 9.10? Look no further than HP's Deskjet F4180 All-in-One printer/scanner combination. Both scanning and printing are supported almost out of the proverbial Ubuntu 9.10 Linux box. No user interaction is required to get this printer and the scanner portion working with Ubuntu 9.10.

Its an oranges and apples comparison comparing Windows 2000 to Ubuntu 9.10 Linux, but the comparison is somewhat valid because of the situation. A former volunteer came in the other day with a Windows 2000 computer he bought several years ago through the community MAR (Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher) program. He was having a problem getting a Hewlett Packard USB printer to work with Windows 2000. He had his install CD for the printer, we confirmed that his computer more than met the minimum specifications, and that he had sufficient service packs and updates to run the printer.