At least HP has a driver, albeit closed source, for their printers for Linux.
On Wednesday 15 June 2005 08:08 am, JohnLeo Zimmer wrote: > Historically, DHCP used Hewlett Packard PCL. (See the many variations on > P-HP*** in the TERMINAL TYPE FILE). As you point out, it doesn't > translate smoothly to the Linux environment. > > K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > > FWIW, I would advise against sending escape sequences or PCL directly to > > a printer - makes the printer hard to replace. It would be better to > > send either straight ASCII text or, for nicer printouts, Postscript. > > Since there is a postscript driver on Linux for (almost) every printer, > > you are not tied in to a specific printer. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
