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Subject: Re: Which Printer, Please? From: Deirdre Saoirse <deirdre@deirdre.net> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 13:20:57 -0700 (PDT) On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Rob Reesor wrote: > I've just ordered an AMD K6 machine with free Red Hat. I'm looking for a > printer. I've found lots of hardware compatibility lists, but virtually all > the printers listed as compatible are old models and no longer available. > The new models aren't listed. Some lists say, "all HP 600 series work" but > other lists enumerate various 600 series printers that aren't supported. Anything that is NOT a WinPrinter AND which emulates any of the popular printers (HP Laserjet 4, for example), will be supported. While some USB printers work on the newest kernels, I wouldn't recommend them yet. Still, I am seriously tempted to get an Epson 740i to match my G3. Because I can. :) > Can anyone tell me of a sub $350 color printer that is clearly known to be > compatible? I'm kind of interested in one of the printer/fax/copier/scanner > combinations, but am also concerned about how well they actually work. I think those are cool, but they're not color afaik. I have an Okipage 6e and it works fine. It's an LED printer, not postscript, cost me all of $150, but also not color. However, unlike ink jet printers, the ink doesn't smear. This was important to me. :) I do not hold, btw, to PostScript snobbery. For one thing, I don't think Adobe should have their legacy proprietary chokehold on the high-end printer market. After my experience as a sysadmin with a 1mil page-per-month duty cycle printer that used Ghostscript for its print engine, I would rather pay GS folks than Adobe. Frankly, it's funny how many people in open source run VRMS (Virtual RMS) to make sure they have only open source software, but they will only buy printers with legacy proprietary software from Adobe. So I consider Ghostscript an entirely satisfactory (and more to my theological bent) solution. ==== Subject: Re: Which Printer, Please? From: Don Marti <dmarti@zgp.org> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 14:21:00 -0700 On Thu, Oct 07, 1999 at 01:20:57PM -0700, Deirdre Saoirse wrote: > Anything that is NOT a WinPrinter AND which emulates any of the popular > printers (HP Laserjet 4, for example), will be supported. There's a supported printer database at: http://gatekeeper.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi === Subject: Re: Which Printer, Please? From: Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 14:37:37 -0700 Quoting Rob Reesor (reesor@rainmaker.peoplescape.com): > Can anyone tell me of a sub $350 color printer that is clearly known to be > compatible? http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/printer.html === Subject: Re: Which Printer, Please? From: Deirdre Saoirse <deirdre@deirdre.net> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 14:47:55 -0700 (PDT) On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Nick Moffitt wrote: > Quoting Deirdre Schmeirdre: > > I do not hold, btw, to PostScript snobbery. For one thing, I don't > > think Adobe should have their legacy proprietary chokehold on the > > high-end printer market. After my experience as a sysadmin with a > > 1mil page-per-month duty cycle printer that used Ghostscript for its > > print engine, I would rather pay GS folks than Adobe. > > So, where can we get GhostScript printers? You know, for a year or so, I relied on the guy who had ati.com to link to ALL the companies with ATI in their name. However, he obviously sold out to the video card company. :( Anyhow, http://www.ati-usa.com/ is one company that makes GhostScript-based printers. From my experience working with them when I conulted for Honda, I think their customer service is really first-rate. They don't really make printers suitable for home use as their *smallest* printer has a duty cycle of 80k pages/month. === Subject: Re: Which Printer, Please? From: Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 15:11:55 -0700 Quoting Deirdre Saoirse (deirdre@deirdre.net): > I do not hold, btw, to PostScript snobbery. Heretic! > So I consider Ghostscript an entirely satisfactory (and more to my > theological bent) solution. Oh, that's OK, then. Put away the kindling, guys. Several companies make halfway-decent inkjet printers in that price range that might be suitable, but somehow there's something reassuring about the construction qualit of a few companies' laser printers. 'Course, there's also nothing like having PostScript/GhostScript built in, but you're not going to do that for $350 except with a refurbished LJ III w/ PS cartridge. === Subject: Anyone had success with Canon BJC 2000 printer (6.1) From: Rick Forrester <rickf@crow.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:16:32 -0700 Subject pretty much covers it. Have Canon BJC-2000 printer, no success so far. D/L'd Ghostscript 5.5; had heard that the cbjc800.ppd driver would work; didn't. Test print doesn't print at all. Suggestions? Success stories? ===