On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 09:23:32PM +1000, Peter Hardy wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 18:53 +1000, Richard Neal wrote:
> > Also while Im here whats a good three in one printer that people have
> > had experience buying and using with Linux lately.
>
> HP anything.
>
> Not sure about the cost, but HP have open sourced their drivers.
> Originally on the provision that the code only be used with HP printers,
> but that's since been removed.
I've had excellent performance from the laserjet 1200 with a simple
parallel port and Postscript. It's a really nice printer, pitty they
don't make them anymore.
However, I've also had a terrible time trying to get a laserjet 1100
working on Linux which is almost the same printer... the print engine
and physical shell are identical but the 1100 has a USB interface and
no Postscript support and it uses some sucky bit image-language.
Maybe the newly open sourced HP drivers are OK, I'd say that the standard
parallel port and Postscript style interface are heaps easier.
> I've used a couple of different models, although model numbers slip my
> mind. They both printed and scanned flawlessly, though.
But the numbers are important, HP make a range of totally different
interfaces on otherwise identical printers. I think that the LJ-1300
series are still out there and reasonable value, might be worth looking at.
- Tel ( http://bespoke.homelinux.net/ )
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