On 4/18/06, Doofus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Evening chaps, hi!
> I'm in the market for a printer and would appreciate any > recommendations. I should think this is an oft asked question, but since > the printer market seems to move at a rapier like pace, thought it ok to > ask again for any recent experiences. > > I'd like a networked monochrome laser printer with duplex printing. I recommend you to visit http://linuxprinting.org. You can find a huge database of printers that runs in linux. I prefer HP LaserJet, but it's my opinion :D. Those are more compatibles (IMHO, again). > I have no experience at all of printing with linux, and the couple of > HOWTOs I've looked at suggest to me it's rarely a simple matter to get > things up and running. CUPS is your answer. > My potted understanding is that unix/linux applications generally output > postscript formatted data for printing and since Joe Public can't afford > a postcript capable printer, postscript interpreters (eg ghostscript) > have been developed which sit in between postscript data streams and non > postscript (HP PCL?) printers. Do correct me if I'm wrong with any of this. > > I've been looking at the Brother range, in particular the HL-5250DN... I have this one up and running without problems with CUPS. Inside the printer's box there are a CDROM with the necessary PPD file. That's all you need. > ...which has true 1200x1200 resolution - but only 600x600 for a linux > machine for some reason... (I should also say that windows applications > will also be driving this thing). > My main query in respect of this printer is Brother's "BR-Script". Does > anyone understand this? Is it a proprietary effort to do the same thing > as ghostscript, or does it mean you can actually treat the printer like > a real postscript machine? I'm sorry, I don't know :( > Any advice gratefully received, good luck! diego -- ___Diego Martínez Castañeda _________n1mh @ n1mh.org _______http://www.n1mh.org Trabaja como si no necesitaras el dinero. Ama como si nunca te hubieran herido. Baila como si nadie te estuviera mirando.
