Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:16:39 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: HP Deskjet 5550 works just fine I'll just weigh in here for Hewlett Packard, (although I am told that if you want highest quality digital photo prints go for epson). I used to think that, having used the six colour Epsons. But I had big problems with jets blocking, so I bought a Deskjet 5150 and the quality of digital prints, with the photo cartridge, is superb. -- Neil Bothwick ... Yummy, said Pooh, as he hilted his paw into the honeypot. pgpgdQ0HEbpxY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers
On Sep 22, 2005, at 10:32 PM, Nick Rout wrote: On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:21:56 -0300 Norberto Bensa wrote: Try to stay away from Lexmark printers. -- Ironic. IBM spin off Lexmark in 1991 IBM subsequently become big Linux supporters. Lexmark don't give a toss about linux. Such is life, thank goodness for HP. Oh and I also notice that Brother do Linux support: http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html Haven't fully been able to ascertain how open it is. I have to add here that I got a samsung laser printer the other day for less than $100 and it has windows, mac, AND linux drivers on the cd. works extremely well. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers
Hi all, Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with Linux? Thanks in advance, Mauro -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers
Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with Linux? You can pretty much go with any printer. Cups supports a wide range of printers. If you're worried about a particular product, the cups site can help you... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers
On Thursday 22 September 2005 07:34, Mauro Faccenda wrote: Hi all, Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with Linux? Thanks in advance, Mauro I have an hp 3740 that works great. -- John Jolet Your On-Demand IT Department 512-762-0729 www.jolet.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers
John Jolet wrote: On Thursday 22 September 2005 07:51, Dave Nebinger wrote: I'd add here, though, that almost no lexmark inkjets are supported. I would not agree with it. Try install gimp-print with +ppd use flag there are some of them supported. The only problem with my Lexmark Z53 which I got is how to calibrate cardriges (not the colors) - It prints text ok but tables are crashed. Greets Paul -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 09:34:13AM -0300, Mauro Faccenda wrote: Hi all, Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with Linux? HP Deskjet 5550 works just fine -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpf7Wf2lafBY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers
On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:17:54 -0400 John J. Foster wrote: On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 09:34:13AM -0300, Mauro Faccenda wrote: Hi all, Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with Linux? HP Deskjet 5550 works just fine I'll just weigh in here for Hewlett Packard, (although I am told that if you want highest quality digital photo prints go for epson). Quite simply HP support linux with good quality tools that are free in both senses of the word - no $ and GPL. Just chack that your printer is on the compatibilty list at http://hpinkjet.sf.net and then install hplip 0.9.5 (which you may need to get from bugs.gentoo.org. Here is a re-post of a message I sent to my local lug earlier this week: quote Regular readers will be aware that my standard answers to the which printer/multi-function device should I buy? are Hewlett Packard, HP and Hewlett Packard, mainly because of their linux support. I am further impressed now that I have upgraded from the old hpoj/hpijs drivers to the newer hplip drivers for my multi-function HP PSC 2210 printer/scanner/card reader/fax machine. hpoj required some pretty horrible command line stuff to get the printer going, very unintuitive command structure and a case of following a set of disconnected web pages. Sure it worked, but needed improvement. The new beast was easier to set up and now includes an (optional) gui. Screenshot available here: http://rout.co.nz/hp-device-mgr.png As you can see it has various panels, the first one has buttons to trigger printing (brings up a gui where you can add files then print them), scan (fires up xsane), Access photo cards (its own gui giving thumbnails and the ability to copy some or all to another directory etc). However Send fax is not yet implemented (nor was it from windows when I bought the device). The programs that are actually fired up can be configured withing the gui - ie you could bring up kooka instead of xsane for scanning. There is access to the print logs, various maintanance functions, and it tells you how much ink you have left. The functionality is also available on the command line, for example hp-levels returns a nice little summary of the ink levels. hp-photo is an ftp like client to access the photo card reader (actually not limited to photos of course, its just a regular flash card reader). All very nicely done, plus of course there are supplied PPD files so the printer can work just fine with all the normal linux printing mechanisms like cups. Whats more the icon to start the gui installed itself nicely in the gnome menu :-) I also discovered in the process how to get windows to print directly to cups, without samba being involved, so that was a nice bonus. And no, HP are not paying me to write this! /quote -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers
Mauro Faccenda wrote: Hi all, Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with Linux? HP or Epson. Try to stay away from Lexmark printers. -- Norberto Bensa 4544-9692 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:21:56 -0300 Norberto Bensa wrote: Try to stay away from Lexmark printers. -- Ironic. IBM spin off Lexmark in 1991 IBM subsequently become big Linux supporters. Lexmark don't give a toss about linux. Such is life, thank goodness for HP. Oh and I also notice that Brother do Linux support: http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html Haven't fully been able to ascertain how open it is. -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] recommendation: well linux-supported inkjet printers
I agree: I have a Dell720 - a re-badged lexmark thrown in when I bought a laptop. A real pain to set up, had to get a propriety driver but is now working and windoze ipp prints to it using the adobe postscript drivers. One (and only one!) doze machine will only print greyscale tho! Unfortunately my old canon bjc620 has died (probably because I had to move to reinked cartidges - beware!) so this will have to do for the moment. Print quality is good. I also believe Dell have changed the cartidge shape so the cheaper, easier to get lexmark cartridges wont fit - though my friendly reinker says he can do them (shudder...) BillK On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 00:21 -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote: Mauro Faccenda wrote: Hi all, Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with Linux? HP or Epson. Try to stay away from Lexmark printers. -- Norberto Bensa 4544-9692 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
