Arun Khan said on Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:54:37AM +0530,: > A colleague recommended LX300+II but it is not listed above. I am not > sure if the generic dot matrix (24 pin) driver will work with it or > not. I do not want to spend Rs 7500 and find out that it will not > work with Linux :) > > Please suggest brand/model that you have personal experience with > under Linux environment (heavy duty usage @ law firm).
As a (former) lawyer, I suggest you look at laser printers. Inserting sheets is a nasty and time consuming job, and sometimes, takes as much time as manual typing. That said, I think most dot matrix printers are generic, and will work with the generic driver from cups. I use 2 of them, Epson "LQ 300 Esc +" and Wipro C>R>A>P. (avoid wipro). I really wanted to buy TVSE's printers both times, but was told that procuring one will take up to 5 days - that was 5 years apart. (The printers are now in 10th and 5th years of service respectrively). You need a 24 pin one. Mine are; and are 80 column ones. Almost all DMPs come with continuous sheet pull OR push tractors. Some DMPs list a cut sheet feeder as optional accessory, but none of the dealers have ever heard of such a thing. Make sure that the mother board bios feeds bi-directional data to the printer; (looking under parallel port settings in the set up menu), especially if the printer does not print in both directions. I can manage only about 10=13 pages cut sheets per hour, with manual feedings. If carbon copies are involved, the number goes down to 4 or 5 per hour. On a laser printer, that many pages will take probably sixty seconds, or less. Even if you take 15 copies (oh well, we lawyers are paper eaters) of each page, you still save a significant amount of time. Nowadays, I print only oroginals (for dad, who continues to be a lawyer), and get the copies photocopied. Else, a 20 page document will take a whole day to complete. AFAIK, none of the courts insist on exact carbon coipes (only the tax men do). As a (former) lawyer, I suggest you look at laser printers. Inserting sheets is a nasty and time consuming job, and sometimes, takes as much time as manual typing. That is not an unintended typo. Just emphasising. :-D -- Mahesh T. Pai || http://[paivakil|fizzard].blogspot.com He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge -- who knows who has written and where it is to be found. --A.A. Hodge _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
