[CLUE-Tech] My printer hates me

[Cyberclops]

Just another deal that left me completely in the dark.  I couldn't even find my
printer on the list.  HP makes too many  different models of printers.

Kevin Cullis wrote:

> Here's some good info about HP printers:
>
> http://hp.sourceforge.net/
>
> 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)
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