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On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:17:54 -0400 |
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John J. Foster wrote: |
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> On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 09:34:13AM -0300, Mauro Faccenda wrote: |
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> > Hi all, |
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> > Does anyone can recommend a well-supported inkjet printer for using with |
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> > Linux? |
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> HP Deskjet 5550 works just fine |
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I'll just weigh in here for Hewlett Packard, (although I am told that if you want highest quality digital photo prints go for epson). |
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Quite simply HP support linux with good quality tools that are free in |
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both senses of the word - no $ and GPL. |
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Just chack that your printer is on the compatibilty list at |
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http://hpinkjet.sf.net and then install hplip 0.9.5 (which you may need |
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to get from bugs.gentoo.org. |
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Here is a re-post of a message I sent to my local lug earlier this week: |
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<quote> |
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Regular readers will be aware that my standard answers to the "which |
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printer/multi-function device should I buy?" are "Hewlett Packard", "HP" |
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and "Hewlett Packard", mainly because of their linux support. |
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I am further impressed now that I have upgraded from the old hpoj/hpijs |
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drivers to the newer hplip drivers for my multi-function HP PSC 2210 |
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printer/scanner/card reader/fax machine. |
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hpoj required some pretty horrible command line stuff to get the printer |
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going, very unintuitive command structure and a case of following a set |
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of disconnected web pages. Sure it worked, but needed improvement. |
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The new beast was easier to set up and now includes an (optional) gui. |
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Screenshot available here: |
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http://rout.co.nz/hp-device-mgr.png |
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As you can see it has various panels, the first one has buttons to |
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trigger printing (brings up a gui where you can add files then print |
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them), scan (fires up xsane), Access photo cards (its own gui giving |
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thumbnails and the ability to copy some or all to another directory |
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etc). However Send fax is not yet implemented (nor was it from windows |
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when I bought the device). The programs that are actually fired up can |
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be configured withing the gui - ie you could bring up kooka instead of |
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xsane for scanning. |
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There is access to the print logs, various maintanance functions, and it |
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tells you how much ink you have left. |
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The functionality is also available on the command line, for example |
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hp-levels returns a nice little summary of the ink levels. hp-photo is |
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an ftp like client to access the photo card reader (actually not limited |
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to photos of course, its just a regular flash card reader). |
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All very nicely done, plus of course there are supplied PPD files so the |
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printer can work just fine with all the normal linux printing mechanisms |
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like cups. Whats more the icon to start the gui installed itself nicely |
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in the gnome menu :-) |
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I also discovered in the process how to get windows to print directly to |
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cups, without samba being involved, so that was a nice bonus. |
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And no, HP are not paying me to write this! |
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</quote> |
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> -- |
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> It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a |
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> clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. |
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> Noam Chomsky |
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Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz> |
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