B. Gallagher wrote:
> I see that Ubuntu 6.10 finds my Canon Pixma i3000 as a i4000, but prints
> a workable test page. For now I am going to use it. Anyone here if
> that was a bad thing, as in hard on the hardware?
Is that a printer? If so, don't worry about it. hplip thinks my
HP Photosmart C6150 is a C6100, but everything works.
We got two new printers at home this year. The HP is an all-in-one
printer/scanner/copier/FAX, and we also got a Brother HL-5250DN,
which is a laser printer with duplexing unit.
With our old printers, printing was always iffy. On any given day,
from any given workstation, you had about a 30% chance that printing
would work. With the new ones (and some Linux upgrades), we plugged
stuff in and it just worked. Both printers are on the network, and
both print just fine from all our Linux boxes. The HP also works for
scanning, both single sheets and from the document feeder.
We have seen a couple of glitches, but now they're the exception, not
the rule. I've sent one FAX, but haven't had occasion to receive one
yet. (Not sure how to do it, either.)
So I'm impressed. Linux's printer (and scanner/FAX) support is hugely
improved over the old days.
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
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