I am using a lexmark z53. They support linux to a certain extent, so it is more than just compatible, it is SUPPORTED. Their setup program runs under linux, so you can easily configure the printer. Just for Kurt, attached are screen shots of the menu. I didn't send them to the loop since I doubt everyone wants to see them. However, if others on the loop want to see them, just drop me a line and I will be glad to send them to them. As best I can tell, the support for actual printing is a program which filters postscript files using ghostscript to a file that the z53 is happy with. You need enscript to print text files. I guess they know how to configure ghostscript for their printers. It works well, I think, including color. And, the cost is moderate, under $200 or thereabouts. (I forget, but I am cheap.) I just spent $31 for a backup B&W cartridge. I am through buying cheap cartidges, after what happend to my epson stylus. There are cheaper printers like the z32 which also supports linux, but for reasons which escape me, I switched to the epson. But, the latter never did print color well with linux, and so I switched to the lexmark z53, with which I am very satisfied. I haven't really tried photo quality printing, though. The only problem is two way commuication. This is required for some of the higest quality printing, and samba doesn't allow for that, so I guess the windows clients might lose something but nobody is complaining in my household. If you do set up this printer as a network printer on a samba server, if you don't turn off two way communication with the PC, (in the windows driver setup) things will not go right. Oh yes, one more thing. It seems impossible to set up the z53 drivers on the samba server to download to the windows clients. Something happens in translation and the windows PC's always hang after the driver is installed. I also could never get the lexmark driver to install in win4lin properly. So with win4lin, I just picked a generic postscript driver and send the print jobs to the samba server queue and all prints well. Joel
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 04:38:07PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyone care to recommend their favorite Linux-compatible color > inkjet printer? I'm in the market for a new one. I don't *have* > to own a color printer, but it would be nice. If a good yet > inexpensive laser printer can be had for under $300, that would > be nice, too. > > Thanks, > > Kurt > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
