Not the same OS but I have an HP Laserjet 1300 on my Fedora Core 3 box (usb) that has been a workhorse for me and took zero effort to set up. I also send the few printouts from my Windoze laptop to it via Samba. On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 22:32 +0100, Mr. Spock wrote: > Hello, > > [I've just delurked and re-enabled Mail Delivery for this list for a > while to ask this question; there's usually too much traffic for me > to keep up nowadays, sadly.] > > I Googled and looked at the archives but there's not much here about > printing music notation. I'm needing to buy a printer that will be > ideal for score printing and also plays well with Debian/DeMuDi. > Since I don't really need colour, I'd prefer a laser printer. > I'll stick with black+white A4 for now for cost reasons - > I'm looking to spend about 200-300 UK pounds (about $300-500) max. > > I've not yet used Lilypond or any other scoring software, but believe > that Postscript is a major plus. I know that Ghostscript exists to > convert Postscript documents, but figure that if my printer natively > understands PS it will be quicker and save processor time. > Is Postscript Level 3 required, or will Level 2 suffice? PJL? PCL5? > I also want a networkable one to share over my (wired) LAN. > > I've looked at the very informative pages about Linux Printing: > > http://www.linuxprinting.org/suggested.html > > ...and am considering getting a Kyocera Mita FS-920, FS-1010N or FS1020 > or maybe something else by another penguin-loving company. > > Since I do have a fondness for old lo-tech gear, I did entertain ideas > about a refurbished HP LaserJet 4 or 5 (fond memories from college days) > after the high praise these old tanks got on Slashdot a while ago, but > am thinking they may be a bit slow/tired compared to modern kit. My main > considerations are reliability, build-quality, cost-per-page, speed and > looks. I won't be printing reams and reams, and I can always manually > re-enter pages to do duplex (both sides) printing. > > Sorry if this seems Off-Topic, but I wanted to check firstly that > a Postscript mono-laser is a good choice for music. If necessary I'll > take the discussion elsewhere to ask about specific models, unless > anyone here has any good recommendations/horror stories to share. > > > Thanks for your suggestions,
