On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 21:22 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > Actually you install your vendor-written binary driver and it prints. > Things work like that on a Mac too (also using cups) although for > a smaller set of printers. Don't look for that on Linux, probably > ever, even though the Mac code would most likely recompile and > work. > > > Even when you look on-line, it can be hard to find a decent printer (one > > that you can afford, or even just manage to get supplied to where you > > are). They might list Linux compatibility, in some vague manner. > > Likewise, they might mention Postscript, again in a vague manner. Some > > don't give any clues about what printing language they use, others are > > misleading. I've got a couple of laser printers (and old and dependable > > HP LaserJet 4L, and an old and unreliable Kyocera FS-400), which I've > > seen reports that at least one of can handle Postscript, directly, and > > others that say they don't. > > Sometimes you can poke through the vendor's downloadable drivers and > see the ones that come in both PS and PCL flavors. Othewise you have > to stick to things that ghostscript supports. > Yet that is precisely what Fred Smith did. He looked on line, bought a linux compatible printer, installed it and it just prints. Regards, Les H
