[PLUG] Printer Suggestions

Mel Andres mel97215 at comcast.net
Fri Dec 24 03:51:04 UTC 2004


Roderick A. Anderson wrote:

>As some of us head out for that last minute shopping I'll ask the question
>I've been meaning to all week.
>
>I'm comtemplating a new color printer.  Of couse I want it to do
>everything, cost little, and possible read my mind (so it knows what I
>want not what I configured :-)
>
>But more realistically I'd like some thing that works well with CUPS (and 
>I'm not beyond buying a driver from ESP) will do photo quality, and has a 
>parallel interface.  The last would seem to be the toughest part but I 
>have a print-server that uses parallel.
>
>So what are PLUGers using and what do they like and dislike about their 
>printer?
>
>So if you're lucky like me and can avoid computers and the internet for
>the next few days I hope to hear from you next week.
>
>Season's Greetings!
>
>
>Rod
>  
>
HP & Epson work well with linux in general. I would start at their 
respective websites, and look for one with a parallel interface. There 
are USB to parallel converters available too.

Mel

 Who is very happy with his ethernet networked HP PSC 2510.


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