Speaking of printers would anyone happen to know what driver will get an old
HP LaserJet 4L to print? I know everythin is connected right and the printer
works under Win 98. But I have yet to get it to work under Linux. I have
tried it with both Red Hat 7.1 and most recently with Debian Woody. Any help
would be greatly appriciated.
On Saturday 03 November 2001 00:06, you wrote:
> On Thursday 01 November 2001 21:37, you wrote:
> > I recommend Epson Stylus printers. Me pappy has one. I don't print (not
> > that I staunchly refuse...;)
> >
> > Glen
> >
> > On Friday 02 November 2001 19:19, you wrote:
> > > I need to purchase a printer for my LINUX box, I would like to get
> > > something that does color, but need to keep the price down.
> > > What do you all recommend out there. I know that there are several
> > > of them that are built for windows (only) and are not good purchases.
>
> Glen's "pappy" has a venerable Epson Sylus Color 600 that works fine under
> lpr and even better under CUPS. I have always owned either Epson or
> Panasonic printers (except for a really disastrous run in with a
> StarMicronta 9 pin) and MUCH prefer the Epsons. I feel I have always
> gotten very good service out of each machine. At the time I accidentally
> trashed it during maintenance (don't ask ... it was 110% my fault), my
> Epson LQ 850 had printed in the neighborhood of 40 cases of paper and was
> still going strong. Not 40 reams ... 40 cases.
>
> My wife has a Lexmark. As bad as the consumables on the Epson are, the
> Lexmark is worse and the print quality is simply not acceptable for
> anything more important than printing a web page for personal reference.
>
> The Epson SC 600, on the other hand, still prints credible photoprints on
> glossy paper and passes the moire part of the CUPS print test with flying
> colors.
>
> Note ... when considering a printer purchase you will need to weigh
> several factors: speed, print quality, initial cost, consumable costs,
> reliability and useability under Linux. I have found the Epson SC 600
> suitable for my purposes but YMMV.
>
> Bill
>
> "Pappy"? :-)))))
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