[Eug-lug] Printer Question
Jeff Newton
newton at efn.org
Mon Jan 10 13:16:26 PST 2005
Well, than I'll ask this question - CAN someone please recommend a
printer that I can work with, instead of a paper weight??
Allen Brown wrote:
>>Jeff
>
>
> Many of the low end printers (including ones from HP) are "sleek".
> That means they have no (or little) on-board intelligence. They
> depend on the host computer to do most of the work of the printer.
>
> There are two problems with this. First of all, it slows down your
> computer. But more serious for us in the Open Source world is that
> these printers are generally not released with drivers for open
> source. That means that they are just large paper weights.
>
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