hi all, medyo late reply but just want to know if anyone has any luck with personal printers from hp / epson / canon working on ubuntu
On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 7:38 PM, Kelsey Hartigan Go < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for the late comment, to me I just make sure that the printer > supports the PCL/PS language, and use the HP omni printer driver. > May not use the best features of the printer, but we use it for printing > text reports only anyway. > > > On 12/2/07, thad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I'm tempted to buy this printer, I remember seeing its prized at >> $40.00 and I think its just about thesame price of its refill >> cartridge. Now with driver issue I'm having a second thougt in uying >> it. At work I was able to configure Xerox color printer for network >> printer with CUPS. The driver link I got through openpriting.org. >> >> thad >> >> >> On 12/2/07, Roberto Verzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > We've checked on Samsung printers before. Back then, official support >> from >> > > Samsung is non-existent. But I think Samsung printers do accept >> either >> > > Postscript or HP PCL. >> > >> > As I wrote earlier, the Samsung ML-2010 explicitly claims Linux >> compatibility, >> > and its accompaying CD included a Linux driver (which didn't work with >> my >> > Debian and Kubuntu setups, but an older driver for ML-1710 did). >> > >> > > Samsung is non-existent. But I think Samsung printers do accept >> either >> > > Postscript or HP PCL. >> > >> > I'm not sure if this kind of uncertainty is acceptable to the buyer. If >> we >> > want to help Linux become acceptable to consumers, the list that we give >> to >> > local computer shops must be more specific and definite: like I can tell >> the >> > shops that my Kubuntu Linux set up works perfectly with the Samsung >> ML-2010 >> > by using the ML-1710 driver. Then at least, some users might buy the >> printer >> > and use Kubuntu -- a few more points for Linux. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Obet >> > >> > >> > >> > _________________________________________________ >> > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) >> > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists >> > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > >> >> >> -- >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> sometimes truth is stranger than fiction >> -bad religion- >> http://www.bloglines.com/blog/mailist >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> I don't think the computers will take over the world. I have a bucket of >> water. >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) >> Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > > > > -- > > --- > Kelsey Hartigan Go > Registered Linux user #5998 > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Love God above all else :)
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