No problem with HP printers: inkjets and laserprinters.
----- Original Message ---- From: Rommel Asibal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List <[email protected]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 17:37:18 Subject: Re: [plug] Linux compat listing for phil computer shops 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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