[KLUG Members] Printer recommendation?

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>>>I've spent a good deal of time wrestling with a donated Epson
>>>inkjet, and
>>>I've rapidly become sick to death of sloppy, half-assed drivers and
>>>the plethora of poorly-documented printing systems out there (LPR,
>>>LPRng, CUPS, gs, etc.).
>Once I figured out how to use LPRng, the HP 5n works great. It took a
>while, but it now works great.
>>Actually, I find LPR/LPRng is _well_documented_ and
>>_very_powerful_.  You just have to know how to wield them.  And
>>setup from the "printtool" GUI in distros like RedHat make it cake.
>Unfortunately, you are at the mercy of printtool at that point. :)
>As for PostScript: the HP uses PCL, which is evidentally well
>documented. So much so that stock lpr could channel raw Wintel to it
>successfully. An HP inkjet using PCL would work great.

Many of the HP Inkjets speak PCL3e,  watch for the "e" as it is very important. 
Apparently e = "Not really PCL,  but sort of".  The HP895Cxe/Csi, and I think
88x, are PCL3e printers. They work great but you'll have to fiddle.  Much better
than a GDI printer,  but if you can find a true "PCL3" you're life will be
easier.  (Although I don't know if there are any strictly PCL inkjet printers).

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