Linux printers is off-topic on a LUG list? :)
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Aaron Toponce ( ) ASCII Ribbon Campaign
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/ \Justin Gedge wrote: > many years ago- I had to purchase printers for UNIX [solaris] network. Back > then- the company I worked for kept everything PostScript. Made it feasible > on the UNIX side- on the windows side it also kept everything consistent. > At the time the /cheap/ printer was an HP2100TN. You paid extra for the > Post Script features and you paid extra for the network printserver. > > couple years ago- I bought the next generation in that line for home. > HP2300. It appears that HP has assimilated [or emulates] PostScript as part > of their newer PCL [Printer Control Language]. I first saw this on one of > the really cheap low end [hp1300] printers. You could feed in raw PS code > and it knew what to do. > > If you have PostScript language available- you can set the printer up with a > raw driver. Also makes it nice on the windows side. After installing the > windows driver- search for the .ppd [PostScript Printer Description] file. > With this- you can download the generic Adobe driver. The driver will ask > you for the ppd file [as do some of the newer linux drivers and programs]. > > overall- the newer HP printers should be good- just look for PostScript and > everything should work well. > > Justin Gedge > > > On 9/10/07, Joseph Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I hate to go off topic by asking about something Linux related, but I >> need some opinions, preferably on Linux-friendly printers. Can anyone >> direct me to a good Linux-friendly printer that is currently on the >> market? I'm not looking for much. At the moment, I only have the >> occasional file that I need to print out (mostly airline boarding >> passes for work), but I'm sure that if I brought a printer home, my >> wife would be interested in printing out photos. >> >> Does anyone have any current printers that they have found to work >> reasonably well in recent Linux distros? >> >> -- >> Joseph >> http://blog.josephhall.com/ >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ >> > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */
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