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Re: a printer for Linux



on Sat, May 05, 2001 at 03:58:41PM -0400, Michael P. Soulier (msoulier@storm.ca) wrote:
> On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 01:39:24PM -0400, Glenn Becker wrote:
> > 
> > Will any PC-compatible printer do? What are the considerations, here?
> 
>     Anything that speaks PCL really. I'm using an HP DeskJet 812C, and it
> works perfectly with ghostscript for postscript conversion, using a filter
> from magicfilter. 

"PCL" is not a standard specification, AFAIC, it stands for "printer
control language", and I believe it varies by printer.

I'm not certain of this and would appreciate clarification.

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