Hello, I am looking at buying a new printer, and had my eyes on a HP DeskJet 710C, which I would definitely have bought if I only ran Windows. However, I wish to use this printer on a machine that runs potato exclusively. I had a look at the options of magicfilterconfig, and the only hp or deskjet options seem to be "deskjet, dj500, dj500c, dj550c". Do I just use one of these? I was sure debian would support the newer printers.
A comparison of the /etc/magicfilter/dj* filters (3 of them, I've got version 1.2-36 installed, I don't think there is a later one, but it has been a couple of days since my last apt-get update) shows that the only difference is the parameters passed to gs. gs --help outputs 4 lines containing "dj", in those four lines, the following seem possibilities: djet500 cdeskjet cdjcolor cdj550 cdj500 djet500c hpdj cdj670 cdj850 cdj890 cdj1600 I suppose I could experiment with the cdj670 and cdj850 drivers, but I do not wish to spend money on a printer I cannot be sure about. What would you advise? What makes a good Linux printer, that isn't too expensive (similar in price and/or specs to the HP dj710c)? Is creating my own new magicfilter filter based on one of the others the best bet, followed by pointing the if= parameter in /etc/printcap to that filter? The differences between the dj500c and dj550c magicfilters are greater than that between dj500 and dj500c (which has hardly a difference at all). Parameters to gs: In dj500c the driver is selected with -sDEVICE=cdj500, whereas in dj550c there is no -sDEVICE parameter, it has "@cdj550.upp". Any ideas why, or what the @ means? The dj550c filter also does not have a -r parameter, is the default for gs 600, or is the default built into the "cdj550.upp" driver, maybe? Last but not least I noticed that the 500 filter makes use of djscript, but the 550 filter does not. I'd think it would be a good idea to make the 550 filter also make use of djscript, should I file a Severity:wishlist bug report? (BTW, I use a 560c at home, using the 550 filter.) Thanks in advance, Hugo van der Merwe ps. I would appreciate it if you could CC replies to me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), as I usually read the list through deja.com, but not very often. (Hmm, I hope I'm not asking a question that was answered yesterday, I suppose the right thing for me to do would be to do a search in deja.com, but I'm offline now...) Are there any other ways to read/post to this list except deja.com and the mailing list (possibly digest to cut down on the incredible number of emails)? I'll have a look at the archives on the Debian website when I get the chance.