On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:06:44 +1300 Jason Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Nick but that is a Thermal Ink Jet right? As such, the per copy > cost would be around 20c AFAIK. I am looking for a laser based model > with PC costs around the 1.5c mark. yes it is an inkjet. comments still apply re HP, though, and they may have what you want in their vast range ;-) > > Cheers > > Jason > > Nick Rout wrote: > > http://www.linuxprinting.org > > > > HP are probably your best bet, because they co-operate with linux driver > > writers and support projects like http://hpoj.sf.net and > > http://hpinkjet.sf.net > > > > My HP PSC 2210 works well as a printer, scanner and media reader (cf and other > > cards that i don't have so can't try) under linux. > > > > I haven't tried the faxing options, but it can't send a fax under computer > > control even in windows (even if you can get the drivers to work). I guess it > > will work as a regular fax machine (but has no sheet feeder). > > > > Weird thing is i could not get the goddamn drivers supplied with it to work > > under windows 2000. Its so long since I tried I cannnot remember what the > > problem looked like, but it was all so brain dead and automated that there > > didn't seem any way to fix it. The best conclusion I came to was a > > motherboard/usb chipset problem, but it works under linux, so your guess is > > as good as mine. > > > > > > > > On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 02:25, Jason Greenwood wrote: > > > >>Hi All, > >> > >>Anyone gotten this printer to play nice with mandrake/Linux (any Laser > >>MFP's for that matter)? If so, how?? Their product PDF shows a Penguin > >>but I could find NO info re using it with Linux anywhere (Google or > >>otherwise). And, there is no driver that I could see in MCC for it. > >> > >>Product URL's (Lexmark X215 MFP): > >>http://www.lexmark.com/US/products/tech_specs/0%2C1231%2CMzU1Nnwx%2C00.html > >>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0%2C4149%2C1437036%2C00.asp > >> > >>Cheers > >> > >>Jason > > > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
