[CLUE-Tech] My printer hates me

[Kevin Cullis]

Here's some good info about HP printers:

http://hp.sourceforge.net/

Or this, the best site I know of for Linux printing:

http://www.linuxprinting.org/

Kevin

Cyberclops wrote:
> 
> Well that's what I have, but it does work in Libranet, and worked with Corel
> before they  went belly up.  I know Mandrake 7.2 supports the 712c and so does
> SuSE 7.1.  However, it was a hassle however to get it working in Libranet.
> Luckily, Libranet support helped me.
> 
> Jim Ockers wrote:
> 
> > I think Grant may mean the Deskjet 700 series, which are PPA printers,
> > in which the page has to be generated in software in the PC before
> > being sent to the printer.
> >
> > PPA printers have no ability to process plain text; they just throw away
> > ASCII data.  This is annoying if you print text from a UNIX machine a lot.
> >
> > > Just stay away from the DeskJet 600 series.  They are "Winprinters"  The
> > > printer has no logic, no fonts, and no printhead control in it for most
> > > things.  The CPU controls the printer directly.  There is a driver for it,
> > > but currently no color (I have a DeskJet 694C on my Wintel box because the
> > > Linux driver stinks and HP won't release the specs so someone can make a
> > > better one)