I got a BJC6000 and no luck making it work under Linux.
What specific HP driver are you using?
TIA
Bruce
On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Come on guys! you're not giving up that fast are you? I've got a Canon
> BJC6000 printing in Linux, cause I don't use windows anymore, and I'm
> using a generic HP printer driver to do it with. Canon offer '0' support
> for Linux. They're WORSE than HP when it comes to printer support for
> Linux. If anything is considered a "win-printer" the one I've got is.
>
> One of the things I've noticed about Linux Mandrake is that you can
> convert your print que to appear as another type of printer and thereby
> utilize your current printer. This doesn't work for some printers, mine is
> one of them, but HP's are fairly forgiving when it comes to being willing
> to print in less than Windows environments. Give it another try. If you
> haven't already, try a few of the more generic drivers.
>
> --
> Mark
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> On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Darryl Gibson wrote:
>
> > Stephen Bosch wrote:
> >
> > > If it's not HP-PCL or PostScript, you are going to have trouble running it
> > > on Linux. If it's a true Winprinter, you can give up now; at least if it
> > > has some kind of native language you have a hope of getting/writing a
> > > driver.
> >
> > I'm stuck with a win printer too, and was wondering if this is a
> > feasible work aroound.
> >
> > I'm going to setup my winbox as a dual boot machine, and use it as a
> > firewall, and for the stuff I can't do in Linux yet. Could I also set it
> > up as a printserver, and pass print jobs from the linux side to the
> > windoze side, and then print use my win printer?
> >
> > Darryl Gibson
> > Linux Neophyte (tm)
> > RLU # 182668
> > This computer is 100% Microsoft FREE
> >
> >
