On Monday 30 April 2007 08:53:37 pm Doug McGarrett wrote: > On Monday 30 April 2007 23:07, Kai Ponte wrote: > > On Monday 30 April 2007 06:46:09 pm Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > I don't mean to piggyback on this thread, but it seems easiest, and is > > > not really OT. > > > > Yeah....right... > > > > </jane curtian mode> > > I don't know who jane curtian might be, sorry--
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Curtin Sorry for the bad spelling. She is an actress who used to play a very sarcastic character on the US Show, Saturday Night Live, during the 1970s. > > > > Having had problems with printers in 9.3, which I intend to stay with > > > until probably at least 6 months from now, I would like a > > > recommendation for a low-cost laser that will absolutely work with this > > > OS out of the box. > > > > Well, my Epson CX3200 USB printer/scanner worked perfectly out of the box > > on 9.1 > 10.1. I've had no issues whatsoever. I have an HP 1380 at work > > (parallel) which works as well. > > > > My mom's got a HP somethingoranother printer and had an Epson RX300 > > before that. (It sucked up too much ink, though.) > > > > > I can use USB or parallel, whichever is more reliable. I am getting > > > more and more frustrated with M/S and XP/SP2, and since I lost almost > > > everything in a disk crash, now is the time to look more seriously at > > > Linux, but I _must_ have working printing!!! > > > > > > (If I could install and get hplip to work, > > > > AFAIK, hplip only works on 10.0 or newer systems. I've not looked in > > awhile. It is a nice utility, tho. > > Maybe that's why I can't get the LJ 2200 to work on 9.3. It tries, but > won't. And hplip is not loaded, and apparently won't. Keep in mind that printer drivers and port (usb/parallel) support has come a long way since 9.3. I noticed a huge improvement in 10.1, when they finally got the USB synching thingy fixed. > > > > I might be able to use my big HP > > > Laser, that used to work with 10.0, but I've had no luck doing that. > > > Any help would be appreciated. Do I have to download a different copy > > > that isn't on the floppies from someplace, and if so, where? And how? > > > > Dunno. By "big" do you mean an old HP LJIIIsi or a 9500hdn? > > Well it's about that big, and does wonderful printing, just not from 9.3. > For the mention from someone before about color lasers, I don't have the > resources to support supplies, and I rather seldom have the need for color > output. Understood. -- k i believe in what i'm doing but what is it i'm doing here? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
