On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 11:20:21AM -1000, david wrote: > HP can be a problem even with Linux. I use the Generic Postscript driver > with my HP LJ1200 (non-WinPrinter BTW). My wife's Linux laptop uses the > HP LJ1200 Linux driver for it. I've been told that the HP driver uses HP > PCL behind the scenes, not Postscript. So you get different fonts and > different font renderings, not to mention only half the resolution ... I tried using PCL directly with my Business Inkjet 1200. I could get black and white working that way, but not color. I also tried attaching that printer to a Sun running Solaris and installing cups and the open source HP supplied drivers. It compiled fine and acted like it might work, but it locked up the printer every time. I ended up breaking down and attaching it to a Mac. Grr. -- Joshua D. Boyd jdboyd@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.jdboyd.net/ http://www.joshuaboyd.org/
