I have installed Mandrake with that printer I used the 870 Driver and it
works... the only color that does not come though perfect is purple which
comes out pink. Overall the printer works ok in Linux but It really,
really, really sucks in Windoze.
James Boeck
>From: Roman Korcek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [newbie] HP DeskJet 930
>Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:03:52 +0200
>
>Hey all,
>When responding to this topic, please email me directly to
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] since I am not subscribed to the list. TIA.
>
> >> For the question - I am planning on buying a HP DeskJet 930 but I
> >> checked the hardware list on Mandrake and its support is listed as
> >> partial (second out of four possible levels of support, four being the
> >> best). So I'd like to ask - has anyone had any experience with this
> >> printer ? If yes, how is it doing under Linux ?
>
> > If it uses the PPA architecture, you can get drivers at
> > pnm2ppa.sourceforge.net....other than that proprietary architecture,
>most HP
> > printers are supported by linux. If it's on the list of printers in the
> > mandrake print config, then it's probably supported.
>
>
>I've seen it under http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi
>Specifically http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=175232
>It is "partially" supported.
>
>On other sites like
>http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3#print
>http://pnm2ppa.sourceforge.net
>http://users.bart.nl/~patrickr/hardware-howto/Hardware-HOWTO-21.html
>there is no word about it.
>
>How do I find out if it's not a win-printer ?
>
>It is using HP PCL 3. Is that OK ?
>
>And, finally, will I be able to print graphics using quality
>comparable to PhotoRet III ? (I've seen it, it's really awesome.)
>
>TIA
>Roman
>
>
>
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