On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:07:34 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> dijo:
>On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, drew wymore wrote: > >> Could be division dependent thing Denis. HP actively supports the >> HPLIP project as I understand it, > > Not to flog a deceased equine, but this goes only so far. I found > that >HPLIP has native support for the LJ5M and one other LJ5 variant, but >not for the basic LJ5. A conversation with one of the HPLIP folks on >this list revealed that he had no idea why not. This means that HPLIP, >at least the version in Slackware-11.2 and -12.0, would not work with >my LJ5, even when I tried telling the tool it was a 5M. Annoying and >irrational, and apparently no one but me interested in seeing such >support in HPLIP. It bears mentioning that HP's printer division does not manufacture the printers that they sell. Most lasers are made by Canon, although I think some of the recent models are from Okidata. I think Okidata also makes most of their inkjets, but I've less familiar with those. The older Canon lasers are indestructible. And HP sold gazillions of them, so after-market parts and recycled stuff is available cheaply. When I added a recommendation for the Printer Place in SE Portland I should have added a couple other places: http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/ and http://www.printerworks.com/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
