[KLUG Members] Printer recommendation?

[Patrick Stockton]

I've had no problems with my Cannon 4200.  I'm not sure if this specific
printer is still being made but others in it's family line are probably
still around.

Setting it up under Linux is almost easier than setting it up under windows
depending on your linux printing administration tool.

Don't know cost on it though, it was a gift.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Tauno Williams" <adam@morrison-ind.com>
To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] Printer recommendation?


> >>>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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> Morrison Industries
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