Re: Printer suggestion
Manuel,
I have an HP 540 and an HP 310, both of which just work out of the box
with all of my Linux systems. However, all HP printers use the same
control language, called PCL level 3. This means that any HP Inkjet will
work with Linux as long as it isn't one of the Windows-only versions.
This means that you should make sure that the printer specifications
state that it will work on MS-DOS. If it works with MS-DOS, it will
work with Linux.
Getting any standard HP printer working is easy with apsfilter, which
is the driver I personally prefer. Just select the HP printer which is
closest to the model you have and everything should be just fine.
These printers also work well with magicfilter. Once either one
of these is configured, you should be able to print without hassles.
The reason why I suggested the HP 970cxi was that it should work with
Linux out of the box and that it has the nice feature of being able
to automatically print on both sides of the paper. The price is
also very good.
If you have technical questions about this, I suggest that you contact
HP.
> longship@keyway.net wrote:
>
> > Manuel,
> >
> > Hewlett-Packard, but avoid the "Winprinters"
> >
> > HP's *are* indeed very rugged. Plus, they have the advantage of
> > replacing the print head every time you put in new ink. This alone
> > makes the HP head-over-heals better than any of the other inkjets. If
> > you have ever priced the cost of replacing a print head on a non-HP,
> > you'd know what I'm talking about. They don't last forever. With HP,
> > you don't have to worry about that.
> >
> > Best value for my money would be the HP 970cxi. It's 12 ppm in B&W
> > fast draft mode. It can do two-sided printing (!!!) and street prices
> > are under $350. I don't know of any other inexpensive printer that
> > will automatically print on both sides of the paper. That sells this
> > one to me.
>
> First of all, apologies for writing directly to you. I am writing because
> I asked through the list about configuration issues of the HP 970cxi
> (magicfilter version, ghostscript version, lpd version, Debian
> version...)
> in a Debian linux box but I got no answer.
>
> >From your mail I understand that you have this HP printer model working
> in your linux box. Could you please tell me if this is correct? In that
> case, could you please tell me which are the characteristics of your box?
>
> Please, reply to the debian-user-list because I know there are more
> people interested in this information.
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Manuel Arenaz
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