Alright, I was able to get the printer to print using the apsfilter. Works awesome! Now to buy some ink and remove all traces of windows from my hard drive. Thanks again everyone!
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 03:46:19PM -0400, James Turner wrote: > Alright, well the disposition didn't have any cheap laser printers but I did > find a HP DeskJet 810C for $15. I know you guys said stay away from inkjet > printers, but the price was right and the hpijs driver says it supports it. > It's connected via usb. I installed hpijs along with all it's dependencies. > I > then edited /etc/printcap with: > lp|DeskJet:\ > :lp=/dev/ulpt0:\ > :af=/usr/local/share/ppd/HP/HP-DeskJEt_810C-hpijs.ppd.gz:\ > :if=/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\ > :sd=/var/spool/output:\ > :sh > > After starting lpd, I then tried to print with lpr, "lpr /etc/printcap". The > printer starts up and begins to print, but then the paper light comes on and > after pressing it, a blank sheet comes out. Anybody have any thoughts? Is my > printcap wrong? Thanks. > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 11:15:33AM -0600, Bob Beck wrote: > > > > > > Although this seems like a great printer, my biggest limitation is price. > > > We > > > have a university property disposition near me, which I'm going to go > > > check out > > > later today. My friend has gotten a couple sun sparc stations from them > > > for > > > under $20 bucks. I'm hoping they will have some cheap laser printers. > > > Thanks > > > for your recommendation. > > > > > > > If you're going to a surplus auction from a university, any of the > > older school hp lasrjet printers (4m+ 5m, etc. etc.) that do postscript > > would be a good pick. heavy as all hell, and not good on power > > (so you need to turn them off when you're not using it if you're > > paying the power bill) but you can still get cartridge refills easy > > for them. You may need to be a bit clever and take some oil of wintergreen > > to the rubber pickup rollers if they're old and slick. > > > > A postscript ethernet capable laserjet would work well. > > your biggest risk there is you get one with a crappy cartridge or > > drum, meaning you'd need to shell out another hundred bucks or so > > to make it work, which can turn your $20 printer into $170 printer > > pretty quick. > > > > Do your homework and find somethign that speaks postscript. > > > > -Bob
