[Eug-lug] Printer Question

[larry price]

1. any network printer (drawback $$$)

2. any native postscript printer (again $$)

3. Anything listed in here http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi
( much cheaper but more time consuming)

One alternative is to buy a dedicated print server
 n < $100  
Netgear makes one that includes a 4-port switch and firewall,
D-link makes about 4 different models,
and there's probably a bunch of off-brand manufacturers as well.
(realistically that's $35.00 USD worth of electronics that should have
been in the printer in the first place but Oh well)


On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:16:26 +0000, Jeff Newton <newton at efn.org> wrote:
> 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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