HP also sponsor this great resource for wireless.
On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 08:55:58 +1300 C Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://hp.sourceforge.net/ > > Do any other vendors do that for their kit? > > > On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 14:34, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > On Wed, 04 Dec 2002 22:24, you wrote: > > > Hi CLUG members, > > > > > > Does anyone here have experience using colour printers with Linux? I > > > read from various sources that Windows might be required to get really > > > good results printing photos, but the gimp-print pages say that many > > > colour printers work "perfectly" with gimp-print. I am considering to > > > buy an Epson, because I had a HP DJ500 before, and the HP always got > > > problems with blocked nozzles after some time - so let's give the > > > competitors with the different technology a chance! > > > > > > Any comments, reports, experience would be appreciated. > > > > I inherited, i.e. was given, an Epson 600 colour printer basically because > > the previous owner was sick of the trouble it gave him & he wanted to be rid > > of the stress it caused him. My own experince with it is not as bad as his, > > but to be quite honest, I don't thnk I'd want to have another if I had to > > buy one. I seems to need an aweful lot of cleaning and test cycles before > > you get a a rough approximation to "the perfect print". I will say though > > that I have not tried very hard to achieve that "perfect print" on glossy > > paper with the highest definition possible. My feelings about it can be best > > summed up as "To get really good output you need to devote a lot of care and > > attention to the animal". > > > > Also do note that HP caught the Open Source Bug for a little while recently, > > and do produce at least one fully supported "Linux Printer". I forget the > > number, but a search on the http://www.hp.com page will, I'm sure, produce > > the answer. > > > > -- > > Sincerely etc., > > Christopher Sawtell > -- > C Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
