An effective (although not completely honest :) ) way to do it is: Instead of saying: "I just bought your printer -- do you have linux drivers"
Say: "I'm thinking about buying your printer -- do you have linux drivers?" -Michael On Fri, 28 May 1999, John Gay wrote: > >I just found the link, it is: > >http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?make=Lexmark > >This will give you a list of ALL Lexmark printers. The 1000 is listed as >'paperweight' i.e. does NOT work with Linux : ( a number of other Lexmark >printer do work, though. Like I said, the best thing is to use this list BEFORE >buying a printer, not after, like I did. But, with the support Linux has been >getting from all corners lately, I feel it will only be a matter of time before >Lexmark and others start to fall in line. What ever happened to 'The customer >is >ALWAYS Right'? I let Lexmark know I was looking for Linux drivers for their >printer, if enough of their other customer also start looking for Linux >drivers, >they may change their mind about supporting Linux. > >*************************WARNING************************ > >This must NOT turn into an ugly battle. HATE Mail is always forwarded to >/dev/null. legitimate requests from customers, though are never ignored for >long. I believe there is a HOW-TO for Linux Advocacy which would be good >reading >before firing off loads of requests for drivers. Myself, when I find a device >that isn't supported, I send a simple request for Linux drivers, and hope that >others will do the same. >That's my 1.575302 Euros worth. > >Cheers, > > John Gay > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > Michael Stenner Office Phone: 919-660-2513 Duke University, Dept. of Physics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305