Re: Choosing a printer for Linux:
I'm planing to buy a printer, and I don't know whether to choose Epson Stylus color 800 or HP LJ 4L. I know that the Epson has PS level 2 as an option, but the one at my store doesn't have it. Are there any other good printers to choose from? Does anybody have experience with those? I have plenty of experience with HP laser printers. The L series is in general a little iffy; it can be really difficult to clear some kinds of jams. I'd really recommend a P series over the L's. And my HP LJ 6MP (PS level 2) is beautiful, just beautiful. I love it. Don't know about the Stylus, sorry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Choosing a printer for Linux:
I have an HP LJ 6L which I'm very satisfied with. $400 or less for the machine (probably less now, sigh ... ). Used magicfilter to get it working with linux (took about 5 seconds to do, no configuring really). I do mostly postscript printing (latex to postscript using dvips, and ghostscript to print the postscript) and the pages come out very nice and clear. However, the first one I bought had a misaligned roller so everything came out slanted so ask for a test page print out at the store where you buy it (compusa was very nice about this). I use linux kernel 2.0.30, gs 3.33-5, and magicfilter 1.2-10. Been using it for about two months, no problems. - John Kloss On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: Hello, I'm planing to buy a printer, and I don't know whether to choose Epson Stylus color 800 or HP LJ 4L. I know that the Epson has PS level 2 as an option, but the one at my store doesn't have it. Are there any other good printers to choose from? Does anybody have experience with those? Thanks, Liran Zvibel. http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Choosing a printer for Linux:
Hello Liran, I believe the PS L2 option for the Epson 800 is a software option that is proprietary for either windoze or mac. Ciao, Matt On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: Hello, I'm planing to buy a printer, and I don't know whether to choose Epson Stylus color 800 or HP LJ 4L. I know that the Epson has PS level 2 as an option, but the one at my store doesn't have it. Are there any other good printers to choose from? Does anybody have experience with those? Thanks, Liran Zvibel. http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Choosing a printer for Linux:
On Sat, Apr 04, 1998 at 04:06:13AM +0300, Liran Zvibel wrote: Hello, I'm planing to buy a printer, and I don't know whether to choose Epson Stylus color 800 or HP LJ 4L. I know that the Epson has PS level 2 as an option, but the one at my store doesn't have it. Are there any other good printers to choose from? Does anybody have experience with those? Well, it depends on a few choices: 1. Do you want colour or black and white? 2. Do you want an inkjet or laser printer? 3. Price? 4. Desktop space. ;-) My recommendation? EPSON Stylus COLOR 800! :-) Why? Because I have an EPSON Stylus COLOR 500 here and I *absolutely* love it! It is fantastic! Its bw and colour print quality is awesome! It works great under Debian GNU/Linux with Ghostscript 5.10 (gs-aladdin), i.e. you probably don't need EPSON's PS level 2 option. (I have no idea what if the option is hardware or software based.) I want colours and I love colours, and EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 creates superb text and photo printouts. Ghostscript 5.10 even supports 1440x720 dpi mode! :-) You can't go wrong with EPSON Stylus COLOR 500. :-) But then, if you prefer a laser printer instead, go with HP LJ 4L or other fine printers. :-) Cheers, Anthony -- Anthony Fok Tung-LingCivil and Environmental Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Alberta, Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep smiling! *^_^* Come visit Our Lady of Victory Camp -- http://olvc.home.ml.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
