Harry Ohlsen wrote:
> My faithful old HP Laserjet 4MP has finally kicked the bucket :-(. So, I'm
> looking to replace it with something reasonably good, but as cheap as
> ....A number of the cheaper printers I've seen on the market seem to only have USB
> connectors. I know there's USB support in Linux for printers, but I imagine,
> like most things, only some subset of the available USB printers are usable.
I got a Lexmark T520 earlier this year with Postscript. It has a
parallel and a serial connection - no USB. Works ace.
for i in 'printers in shops'; do
Pick a printer with the features you want and the price;
Have a look at the printer-HOWTO, is it supported?;
if no; exit 1;
else; continue;
search SLUG archives for users experiences with this model;
check printer manufacturers web site for driver availablility \
and docs for Linux install of those drivers;
go back to store and say \
"I will be running Linux on this printer, do you know anything \
that will help me, like are drivers available?". READ response;
if good continue; else exit store;
done
$buy;
Mike
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