On 15-Aug-99 Martin White wrote:
>> All compaq printers are actually lexmarks in a different case. last time i
>> checked, lexmarks aren't supported.
>>
>
> What do you mean by 'not supported'. I've had two Lexmark printers and both
> worked very well - considerably easier to setup than in windows.
>
> If by supported you mean 'can print in color' then i don't know - i only
> ever used them for black & white. If you mean 'not listed in the setup tool'
> then this shouldn't pose a problem. I had both printing straight text and
> also postscript quite happily.
>
> The older of the two was a Lexmark 4076 Jetprinter II (i think), and the
> other was a more modern version of the same thing - a Lexmark 1020C.
>
> If i misunderstood the point of the post, then soryy ;-)...
When he says Lexmarks aren't supported, he's probably thinking of Lexmark's
software-driven printers. I had one of those hollow pieces of crap myself;
instead of having all the appropriate hardware to run, it required
software--which was only available for Windows of course.
In other words, the printer equivalent of a winmodem.
-Tom
