Fwd: help

[Nick THOMPSON]

You can search http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compatibility.html for
example to see whats listed. I've always used Epson Photo printers (875
at the mo), but many HPs are supported to and many many others do too.
Any REAL postscript printer with a network interface is going to work.
You can also take a look at http://www.linuxprinting.org/ and you should
read into CUPS.

Also take a look at you distributions web site for compatibility
listings. Many distros will automatically detect and configure parallel
and USB connected printers.

I don't think you'll have much look get the vendors to guarantee there
printers on Linux, as they don't write the drivers for them.

Nick.

On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 17:17, JACKIE AINSWORTH wrote:

>  --- JACKIE AINSWORTH <jackieinbosham at btopenworld.com>
> wrote: 
> > Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:41:10 +0000 (GMT)
> > From: JACKIE AINSWORTH
> > <jackieinbosham at btopenworld.com>
> > Subject: help
> > To: mailman-request at mail.kde.org
> > 
> > Dear Friends and LINUX users,
> > We cannot get any brand, (which we would
> > consider),of
> > replacement inkjet COLOUR printer which vendors will
> > GUARANTEE is LINUX COMPATIBLE! (ie POSTSCRIPT or
> > Ghostscript.) 
> > Should it be THIS difficult?
> >  Experts in any stores seem unable or unwilling to
> > advise about anything except (GDI) = Microsoft!
> > Indeed some low end printers (£70-£100) we looked at
> > memorably Epson had printed on the Carton:"Microsoft
> > Only" (!)
> > 
> > Can you re-direct this to anyone who is successfully
> > LINUX printing and could advise in lay terms please?
> > 
> > Jim & Jackie Ainsworth.
> > NB.
> > We are LINUX Newbies. (We have been on line with
> > Suse
> > 9.1 since last year.) Even our little Lexmark Z11
> > which Suse list as configured would only print the
> > first page of each on-line doc. the second always
> > showing script lines out of phase and therebye
> > illegible! Why should we take all in-store advice
> we're
> > getting
> > which says: revert from LINUX to Microsoft (GDI)and
> it
> > will
> > be easy to buy any printer you wish!
> > 
> >  
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