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Bob Headrick wrote:
> "GP" <gilpel@inverse.nretla.org> wrote in message
> news:10sj8e0sgpibm36@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>Bob Headrick wrote:
>>
>>>The PSC 1315 is a host based printer and may be less suitable.
>>
>>I don't care if the printer uses my CPU but I suppose what you really mean is
>>"Windows or Mac OS host based". It's a shame that your employer pretends to
>>support Linux when most of the cheaper interesting models are Windows/Mac
>>only.
>
>
> This is not true. There is a Linux driver available for the PSC 1350, as
> described at
http://hpoj.sourceforge.net/suplist.shtml .
Gee, how could I miss this? I mean, you've got to look at the right place,
that's all!
It's not even listed at linuxprinting.org ! The PSC 1310 is, but not the 1315.
And sometimes, what a difference a 5 makes!
There's no mention at HP on the printer's main page:
<http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06b/18972-238444-410635-12085-f57-360489-374569-374570.html>
That's not what I mean by /supporting/ Linux.
Thanks nonetheless for the info
> HP supplies support
> and resources to the Linux driver team. Being a host based printer means there
> will be more load on your host CPU and also more data needs to be sent to the
> printer since the driver must send information for each individual drop firing.
But, still, it should print "up to" 7.5 ppm in B&W? If "up to" means more than
5, it's ok to me.
> I do not know it you took a look at the links I posted previously, but
>
http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi?make=HP lists perhaps two hundred
> or more HP models supported "perfectly", maybe eighty supported "mostly", and
> four listed as "paperweight". Of the five supported only "partially", one is
> the original ThinkJet introduced in 1984.
To tell you the truth, I'm not really interested in buying a 1984 printer. I
even doubt they are sold anymore
But if you go at Staples, you know that's a place where Joe Doe buy printers,
and check HP printers under 300$ (CAN), there's one model: the 1210.
<http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_class.asp?CatIds=88%2C346,475&name=CA%5FCL%5FBlack+%26+White+Laser+Printers&MSCSProfile=3C79F0C7EA3162B289A6F3317CC124D82FA1B1403A6F65F0BFA91F8B222FC6CE3E390CDEEDAC8B40D85108125E3F5BA776F40A2117B46B304CB920FC960272F2E00B2216884540DD3934C951B73A7491EF800457D35B23E8D51F62095FDADF1DC787C75632E45DF6C2445AB5CF0506B8EEC5EB6197F2AA323890C407926F139C05DA8677FE7B09E3>
I don't care about the 200 other models supported in the last 20 years. I
don't care if a 1,000$ model doesn't support Linux. Joe Doe and me don't print
more than 500 pages a year and buying a 1,000$ model would be pure nonsense.
>>May someday all HP laser printers be PCL/Ghostscript compatible!
> Probably not. There will probably always be demand for printers focused on low
> cost at some expense of performance, while others will want the full featured
> printers at some additional cost.
We're not talking about performance. Some people need performance, but Joe Doe
-- you know, this guy who'd be glad to get out of M$ claws if only Linux was
not such a pain when it comes to finding cheap and easy to install hardware --
doesn't need performance. He needs a plain and simple little printer.
And now, he goes to Staples and can't use the cheap HP printer he wants with
Linux. Once again, that's what I mean by HP not supporting Linux.
What makes PCL printers more expensive?
Are the rights paid to Adobe on Postcript that high?
As I said in a previous post, my Canon BJ-300 used a "driver natively
supported by ghostscript". All I had to do, either in Apsfilter (Slackware) or
CUPS (Knoppix), is choose the driver in a list. Wouldn't it be possible to do
the same with a laser printer?
GP
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