Re: PC Card Modem and Printer Recommendations
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 10:55:54AM -0700, Justin Liu wrote: Are multifunction devices worth it, or should I get separate scanner/fax/copiers? Thanks, - justin I think separate devices will be much easier for you to get working with linux. I had an HP OJ 350. It worked pretty well as a fax, but I never tried connecting a computer to it. I tried the new laserjet combo that is based on the 6L printer. The HP sales rep (who just happened to be in the store that day) said it would work with unix 6L drivers. Wrong. It's a winprinter. The fax and copy were much nicer than the inkjet machines, but I already had a 4L printer, so I really couldn't justify keeping it unless I could replace my old printer. I've got a xerox 450c now. Xerox software tech support said that they don't support unix, but the 450c would work with hp550c drivers. I tried one afternoon but couldn't get it working. I liked the control panel (on the unit, nothing to do with windows) better on the hp systems. Check out the linux driver for hp officejet webpage http://hpoj.bst.tj/ to see what they've come up with lately. I'd like an automatic document feeder as well as flatbed scanner/copier capability. I think the hp1175 has these features, but I don't know about drivers yet. I'm starting to think it might be better to have a separate fax/modem, laser printer, scanner(any affordable flatbed scanners with feeders?), and possibly a color inkjet printer. Add a combination keypad/LCD display attached to a serial port (and some software) and you have your own multifunction device. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
PC Card Modem and Printer Recommendations
Hi - I have an IBM Thinkpad 560 with Debian 1.3.1 (among other OS's) installed on it and I was looking for some equipment recommendations. I plan an upgrade to hamm sometime soon. I want to get a 56K PC card modem, hopefully one that will also work with OS/2 and Windoze if it needs to. The Xircom 10/100 56K combo card looks interesting, just because it combines so much into a small package, but cost and ease of installation is more imporatant to me than throughput. I'm also looking for a low-cost ink-jet with good quality, especially for the occasional color output. I'll be a student again this fall, so I'll have use of the school's laser printers for black and white output, but I want something to turn out drafts at home. I might consider a portable printer if the quality and price don't drop off that much. Again OS compatibility is a major factor and speed is not. The HP and Epson look OK. Are multifunction devices worth it, or should I get separate scanner/fax/copiers? Thanks, - justin -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: PC Card Modem and Printer Recommendations
On 28 Jul, Justin Liu wrote: Hi - I have an IBM Thinkpad 560 with Debian 1.3.1 (among other OS's) installed on it and I was looking for some equipment recommendations. I plan an upgrade to hamm sometime soon. I want to get a 56K PC card modem, hopefully one that will also work with OS/2 and Windoze if it needs to. The Xircom 10/100 56K combo card looks interesting, just because it combines so much into a small package, but cost and ease of installation is more imporatant to me than throughput. I'm also looking for a low-cost ink-jet with good quality, especially for the occasional color output. I'll be a student again this fall, so I'll have use of the school's laser printers for black and white output, but I want something to turn out drafts at home. I might consider a portable printer if the quality and price don't drop off that much. Again OS compatibility is a major factor and speed is not. The HP and Epson look OK. Are multifunction devices worth it, or should I get separate scanner/fax/copiers? http://hyper.stanford.edu/HyperNews/get/pcmcia/home.html is the definitive source of information on PC Card anythings under Linux. Combo PC Cards are problematic under Linux, because there is no standard for them in the way that there is a standard for single-function PC Cards. All of them come with drivers for Windows, and most also come with drivers for OS/2 and NT, so Linux compatibility is probably the hardest thing to come by. Apparently, nearly any single-function PC Card modem will work, as will nearly any single-function PC Card Ethernet adapter. However, for combo cards, if the EXACT model is not listed on the above web page, it WILL NOT WORK. One of my friends found this out the hard way when he bought an Ethernet/28.8 modem combo card that was not supported; the painful thing was that the Ethernet/33.6 combo card from the same manufacturer is supported. Check the exact model number against the list on the web page, since there are some Xircom combo models that are supported and some Xircom combo models that are not supported. Somebody else will have to answer the printer question, since I am a student, using the school's laser printers for black and white output, but my home printer is a 9 pin dot-matrix :-) -- Stephen Ryan Debian GNU/Linux Mathematics graduate student, Dartmouth College -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
