On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 01:14:27 +0100 deloptes <deloptes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > E. Liddell wrote: > > > I find the best thing to do is look for any printer that supports > > PostScript, since that means it can use generic drivers that aren't likely > > to be dropped from CUPS any time soon. > > This is AFAIK another crap advise. OF course if a printer supports PS it > would works in linux - especially if it was 2002. > > Just buy a decent printer that is known to be working - there are cheaper or > more expensive once that work pretty well. Some manufacturers are more > linux friendly like HP, but also some of their low budget printers are > crap. Sooner or later, support for the printer-specific driver will end--if only because the developers no longer have the hardware to test it on! PS provides a guarantee that the printer will continue to function at a useful level until the hardware dies. *Yes*, the PostScript driver may not support all the printer's features, but most people don't need the fancy bits anyway for most of what they print. E. Liddell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
