On Tue, Dec 30, 1997 at 07:58:51PM +0000, David Stern wrote: > > Like Hamish said, some go both ways (GDI and host based), so the symbol > on the box isn't proof positive of exclusive GDI, however in this case > I confirmed with NEC that it was. It is a nice printer, otherwise. > > > So how about the HP 6L. I've heard that it will work quite handily by > > emulating a 4L. Does anyone know what features of the 6L I'll be losing > > by having it emulate a 4L ? > > I've heard the 6L works, but for the price I'm not impressed. It's OK, > and it saves on space, and it's somewhat fast, but the reviews I read > said it had paper handling problems and the output didn't measure up to > what I would expect. (It kinda looks funny, too! :-) > > That's why I mentioned the Brother, which I'd heard is a pretty good > buy. I spent a little more on a 6MP. But, if your budget is limited, > check out that linux hardware group on usenet (comp.os.linux.hardware) > .. I think you'll be glad you did. I saw a number of active threads > regarding different printers last time I was there. >
OK. Guess I'd better get off to the newsgroups. I was hoping I could avoid that. there is always so much trashy XXX and $$$$ stuff you have to download and sift through to get to the real on-topic posts. Thanks everyone. BTW, what does GDI mean ? Ciao, Gerald Crimp -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .