-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The bible of Linux compatible printers: http://linuxprinting.org aka http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting
HP would ship USB cables if the big box retailers would let them (they make more off of selling heavily marked up cables than they do selling the printer itself). Michael Walters wrote: > Hello All, > > My canon bj200e printer is not working. when I turn on the printer, > instead of cleaning the jet head, the rods turn but do nothing and an > orange trouble light goes on. > > So I got an HP laserjet 1018 printer. I discovered that HP does not > include usb cords with their equipment. > > I managed to bookmark a site that I found by googling to HP laserjet > linux, so it seems to be workable. > > Has anybody installed an hp laserjet 1018 onto one of Zenwalk, Xubuntu, > or Suse or any debian based distro? > > Since my google search came back with a positive result I am considering > continuing. But if there are other laser jet printers that officially > support linux drivers other than HP I would be willing to take it back > and get something more suitable. > > I want to know whether to return the printer and get another brand or > get this printer working under Zen walk, Xubuntu, or Suse. > > I am now without a printer. > > Regards, > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF425VwRXgH3rKGfMRAkwsAKCLBw0URQoOwYWT7Hcd+WoR+64uogCfRYLz y3X29FsL7XTShViKQIBw79Q= =nmCe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
