Re: printers
Fred wrote:
>I have spent 30 minutes searching the Debian.org site for information on
>supported printers.
>
>I am new to Linux and currently have Mandrake installed, but I am
>thinking about changing to Debian. I have been told that the apt-get is
>far superior to RPM. But I was looking for printer driver packages
>before I make a commitment.
>
>Where do I find info on drivers for printers and other hardware?
There's a nice howto on printers that are supported under Linux. Generally,
printers that can speak PCL or can support Postscript are usually supported
on Linux.
Printer "drivers" are provided by filter software (forgot the exact term).
E.g. if you're using lpr or lprng or lpr-ppd, there's magicfilter, apsfilter
and gnulpr(?) which provides filters for common printers they support. CUPS
(w/c can replace lpr) has its own printer filters.
Paolo Falcone
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