On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 02:25:13PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: > >>>>> "Drew" == Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Drew> On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 06:06:38PM +0000, Simon Ross wrote: > >> Saw the last post about an Epson printer which got an excellent > >> answer. :-) So here is my printing problem... > >> > >> Dell Inspiron 8000 Debian Woody kernel-2.4.17 Lexmark Optra E310 > >> > >> If anyone has a setup like this and it's all working. Then please let > >> me know if you can help. > >> > > Drew> Ooh, I fear you may be in trouble. Memory tells me the 310 model > Drew> is Windows only (like the winmodems, software controlled). But > Drew> maybe I remember wrong and its the model which works perfectly. > Drew> Lexmark sells both kinds. > > That's the 210 (which I have), but there's a Ghostscript driver for it, > so it actually works pretty well -- except no manual feed. The 310 > seems to be a native PostScript/PCL printer, which is good. >
True. I remember now, the Windows-only version had an "L" affixed to it. The "Light" version. I guess it might have been 210L (distinct from 210). Anyway it'll be described at linuxprinting.org. I'm too lazy to check myself ;) > > If the printer is PostScript, you don't have to bother with foomatic. > Just use a normal PPD file (there may be one on the printer's drivers > disk, or you should be able to find one on the web). > Yes, postscript printers are great. I didn't manage to talk myself into spending the extra money for one, but maybe I should have. But my Brother 1440 works well enough via the ghostscript driver (with assistence from foomatic to provide the lprng filter). Drew -- PGP public key available at http://people.debian.org/~dparsons/drewskey.txt Fingerprint: A110 EAE1 D7D2 8076 5FE0 EC0A B6CE 7041 6412 4E4A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
