25 Oct
2006
25 Oct
'06
9:16 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 11:20:21AM -1000, david wrote:
HP can be a problem even with Linux. I use the Generic
Postscript driver
with my HP LJ1200 (non-WinPrinter BTW). My wife's Linux laptop uses the
HP LJ1200 Linux driver for it. I've been told that the HP driver uses HP
PCL behind the scenes, not Postscript. So you get different fonts and
different font renderings, not to mention only half the resolution ...
I tried using PCL directly with my Business Inkjet 1200. I could get
black and white working that way, but not color.
I also tried attaching that printer to a Sun running Solaris and
installing cups and the open source HP supplied drivers. It compiled
fine and acted like it might work, but it locked up the printer every
time. I ended up breaking down and attaching it to a Mac. Grr.
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Joshua D. Boyd
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