*- On 5 Nov, Andrew Clark wrote about "Printers.." > Does anyone have a recommendation for a good printer? (I can get a HP > DJ 550 off my dad, will that work ok with Linux?) >
No problem. Install the gs-aladdin package which is compiled with the hpdj driver and has a specific driver for the 550 and many other hpdj printers. > Also is it possible to set a printer on a Linux box on a LAN and have > the Win9x/NT machines print on it? If so is it really hard to setup? > Samba will make this possible. Just make a local printer available that passes the print data from the win machines directly to the printer without using a filter. That way you can install the printer driver on the win machines and take full advantage of the native win print drivers. Read the SMB-HOWTO and the doc in the samba-doc package. Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
