Re: HP DeskJets
On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 07:16:05PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would also look at installing the gs-aladdin package from the non-free part of Debian. It has a special HP Deskjet driver compiled into it. You can specify lots of features such as print quality, color mode, paper type, etc. See the gs-hpdj man page once it is installed. You then will have to modify your print filter(use magicfilter as others have suggested) to specify the options you want. Which non-free? I know there is a gs-aladdin in /debian/project/experimental that does have the hp850 driver compiled in. I used magicfilter, but had to kludge: took a second copy of the dj550c filter and rewrote the Postscript lines with the parameters mentioned in the readme about that driver in the mentioned gs-aladdin package. The results with this filter have been far better in the past than just the dj550c filter. Contact me for a filter. I wrote separate filters (hence defined separate printers were defined) for various parameters---such as papertype. I haven't gotten to the end of it, and I certainly don't understand it all, but it works ok. Alan Davis -- Alan E. Davis Marianas High School (Science Department) AAA196, Box 10001[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.saipan.netpci.com/~adavis Saipan, MP 9695015.16oN 145.7oEGMT+10 Northern Mariana Islands
Re: HP DeskJets
*- On 10 Feb, Alan Eugene Davis wrote about Re: HP DeskJets On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 07:16:05PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would also look at installing the gs-aladdin package from the non-free part of Debian. It has a special HP Deskjet driver compiled into it. You can specify lots of features such as print quality, color mode, paper type, etc. See the gs-hpdj man page once it is installed. You then will have to modify your print filter(use magicfilter as others have suggested) to specify the options you want. Which non-free? I know there is a gs-aladdin in /debian/project/experimental that does have the hp850 driver compiled in. I used magicfilter, but had to kludge: took a second copy of the dj550c filter and rewrote the Postscript lines with the parameters mentioned in the readme about that driver in the mentioned gs-aladdin package. The results with this filter have been far better in the past than just the dj550c filter. Contact me for a filter. I wrote separate filters (hence defined separate printers were defined) for various parameters---such as papertype. I haven't gotten to the end of it, and I certainly don't understand it all, but it works ok. Ahh, I didn't know there was one in project/experimental with the 850 driver in it. Yes, you will have to create different 'printers' for different options. I haven't looked at lprng but it would be nice if this didn't have to be done, ie. options could be specified on the lpr command line. -- Brian - Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes. - unknown Mechanical Engineering[EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Re: HP DeskJets
I would also look at installing the gs-aladdin package from the non-free part of Debian. It has a special HP Deskjet driver compiled into it. You can specify lots of features such as print quality, color mode, paper type, etc. See the gs-hpdj man page once it is installed. You then will have to modify your print filter(use magicfilter as others have suggested) to specify the options you want. Brian *- On 8 Feb, Alec Smith wrote about Re: HP DeskJets I use my DeskJet 870Cse with Linux, with good results. A comparable model on the market today would be roughly the 895Cse, so long as you've got the parallel version. Once you have the printer, just use magicfilter's dj550 filter and edit /etc/printcap as you would for any other printer. At 04:02 PM 2/8/99 -0500, Will Lowe wrote: can somebody tell me, how HP DJs work in Linux? Which of them works well? I want to buy one, but I don't know what are doing nice results (690C, 880C, ...???). Thanks a lot, Martin I've got a 672C (under $200 when I bought it a few months back) which works great with the DJ550 magicfilter filter.
Re: HP DeskJets
On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Alec Smith wrote: I use my DeskJet 870Cse with Linux, with good results. A comparable model on the market today would be roughly the 895Cse, so long as you've got the parallel version. Once you have the printer, just use magicfilter's dj550 filter and edit /etc/printcap as you would for any other printer. Does it do a good job with color PS, or just with text? How about printing web pages or pdf files from acroread? Thanks. Syrus. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syrus Nemat-Nasser [EMAIL PROTECTED]UCSD Physics Dept.
Re: HP DeskJets
Well, color might not be quite to the level of Winblows, but its passable. There is a version of gs-aladdin that includes DeskJet 850 support, but I haven't bothered to build it from source yet. (DJ850 isn't included in the standard build). Webpages print fine. At 05:33 PM 2/8/99 -0800, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Alec Smith wrote: I use my DeskJet 870Cse with Linux, with good results. A comparable model on the market today would be roughly the 895Cse, so long as you've got the parallel version. Once you have the printer, just use magicfilter's dj550 filter and edit /etc/printcap as you would for any other printer. Does it do a good job with color PS, or just with text? How about printing web pages or pdf files from acroread? Thanks. Syrus. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syrus Nemat-Nasser [EMAIL PROTECTED]UCSD Physics Dept.
Re: HP DeskJets
On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 09:08:04PM +0100, Martin Saturka wrote: Hello, can somebody tell me, how HP DJs work in Linux? Which of them works well? I want to buy one, but I don't know what are doing nice results (690C, 880C, ...???). Thanks a lot, Martin They work very well PROVIDED you buy a DJ that is NOT a Win Printer. I made the mistake of purchasing the HP DeskJet 712C, which is a Windows-only printer (braindead printer, most printing is done by Windows proprietary software). If this is one of HP's printers using the PPA architecture, there actually exists a linux driver that currently prints black and white very nicely at 600 dpi: http://www.rpi.edu/~normat/technical/ppa/index.html Color support is in the works. This concerns the HP 710, 720, 820, and 1000 series. I exchanged it for a HP DeskJet 697C, which works great under Linux. The 712c listed Windows as a system requirement; the 697c said the printer would work under Windows AND DOS... I guess that's the determining factor. The 710C also has DOS support, but only in a windows DOS box. I believe (not sure, though) that the 800 series also work under Linux. The 690 series are definately a go, though. (My dad has a 693c which also works great). Some of the 800 series (the 820, e.g.) also use the PPA architecture. If you want to be sure the printer is directly supported by gs, you should look for a HP printer that supports the PCL printing language. If you are stuck with a PPA (Prining Performance Architecture) printer, the ppa2pbm program from the aforementioned web page will be of great help. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax+31 40 2455054
Re: HP DeskJets
Matt Garman wrote: I believe (not sure, though) that the 800 series also work under Linux. The 690 series are definately a go, though. (My dad has a 693c which also works great). Good luck! Matt It looks 693, 695 and 697 works. But I've found on HP site, that 692 and 694 are continuing into 890; just distinct series from 695/697. Don't you know whether 692/694 are supported by magicfilter's dj550c too? And 692/694 support from scalable typefaces 35 truetype for windows opposite to 695/697, which support 8 build in fonts (4+4: Courier,CG Times, Letter Gothic, Univers). Does that 692/694 mode work in linux? Thaks, Martin
Re: HP DeskJets
On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 09:08:04PM +0100, Martin Saturka wrote: Hello, can somebody tell me, how HP DJs work in Linux? Which of them works well? I want to buy one, but I don't know what are doing nice results (690C, 880C, ...???). Thanks a lot, Martin They work very well PROVIDED you buy a DJ that is NOT a Win Printer. I made the mistake of purchasing the HP DeskJet 712C, which is a Windows-only printer (braindead printer, most printing is done by Windows proprietary software). I exchanged it for a HP DeskJet 697C, which works great under Linux. The 712c listed Windows as a system requirement; the 697c said the printer would work under Windows AND DOS... I guess that's the determining factor. I believe (not sure, though) that the 800 series also work under Linux. The 690 series are definately a go, though. (My dad has a 693c which also works great). Good luck! Matt -- Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] They're always havin' a good time down on the bayou, Lord, them delta women think the world of me. -- Dickey Betts, Ramblin' Man
Re: HP DeskJets
can somebody tell me, how HP DJs work in Linux? Which of them works well? I want to buy one, but I don't know what are doing nice results (690C, 880C, ...???). Thanks a lot, Martin I've got a 672C (under $200 when I bought it a few months back) which works great with the DJ550 magicfilter filter. Will -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | |PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey| -- | You think you're so smart, but I've seen you naked | | and I'll prob'ly see you naked again ... | | --The Barenaked Ladies, Blame It On Me | --
Re: HP DeskJets
I use my DeskJet 870Cse with Linux, with good results. A comparable model on the market today would be roughly the 895Cse, so long as you've got the parallel version. Once you have the printer, just use magicfilter's dj550 filter and edit /etc/printcap as you would for any other printer. At 04:02 PM 2/8/99 -0500, Will Lowe wrote: can somebody tell me, how HP DJs work in Linux? Which of them works well? I want to buy one, but I don't know what are doing nice results (690C, 880C, ...???). Thanks a lot, Martin I've got a 672C (under $200 when I bought it a few months back) which works great with the DJ550 magicfilter filter. Will -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | |PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey| -- | You think you're so smart, but I've seen you naked | | and I'll prob'ly see you naked again ... | | --The Barenaked Ladies, Blame It On Me | -- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
