On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, steve szmidt wrote:
> On Thursday 31 January 2008, Eben King wrote:
>> Any help or pointers are appreciated. "RTFM", only if you point to the FM
>> as well.
>
> Usually CUPS will select the best driver. There are a couple of different
> print driver groups that makes drivers. Gutenprint, GIMP and Foomatic are the
> top ones I think.
How do you get it to do that? When I go to add a printer, I specify the
port, mfgr, model, and so on.
> Honestly, being that is such an old printer I think you may be better off to
> invest $25-50 and buy a 2nd hand one. Look at eBay and buy with Paypal so
> that you can get a refund if needed.
Can you even _get_ slightly used dot matrix printers? I specifically want
one because of the way the ribbon slowly fades rather than dying altogether
within a few pages. Also that it can print continuous banners.
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