Quoting Dave Turner (dave_t_turner@???):

> I know of many printers that don't play nicely with linux, I bought
> an HP because they do work.

If 'work' means with dependency on the mostly-proprietary HPLIP printing
software, then I would suggest this is a problem.

> For future reference and anybody about
> to buy a printer:-
>
> which network printers should we buy?

Ones that do PostScript or PCL are always a good bet, for starters.