Howard Lowndes was once rumoured to have said:
> If a printer is defined as being suitable for Windows 3.X, Windows 95/98,
> Windows NT/2000 and MacOS 8.1 does that mean it is a good printer (ie, it
> might work under Linux) or is it still likely to be a braindead
> Winprinter.
>
> What makes me cautious is the statement "DOS compatible using Windows DOS
> box in Windows 3.x"
>
> BTW, its an Oki 8z
>From the specs page:
"Emulation: Host based printing built-in"
Read: winprinter.
My folks had a panasonic printer of similar nature - my solution was
to leave it hooked up to their win box, and print via SMB. -
fortunatlely for me the host software emulated PCL. It just meant I
had to yell at them to turn their printer on if I wanted to print
anything.
This is, however, not always the best answer.
If anybody sees or hears of any cheap postscript laser printers, could
they pass on word to me too - I need to acquire a resonable laser
printer since I've realised that I don't actually have a printer
anymore.
C.
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