Brother printers and CUPs just work. It really doesn't get much easier.
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Everyone is saying Brother, and I'll echo that. I want to add that I'm fond of their EcoTank line; there're all-in-one scanner/printers, but also they refill with liquid ink (as opposed to cartridges) and are super cost-effective as a result. I really like our's, and we've had it for two years; the next time I run out of ink on the Canon inkjet we (also) have, I'm just going to replace it with another EcoTank instead of buying more cartidges.
EcoTank is Epson, and Canon also has a similar MegaTank line. Unfortunately Brother has no tank-based printer (that I'm aware of).
Oh! Shit, you're right! Sorry.
That said, it worked OOTB with our Linux machines, incl scanning.
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Brother MFC machines are what I've always used without issue in linux. Brother offers linux drivers for both print and scan on their site and they're fairly simple to install.
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Probably a good old fashioned printing press. Unfortunately, I don't think they're compatible with Linux.