6 Aug
2006
6 Aug
'06
3:48 p.m.
Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
installation complexity for printers in general has reduced over time, but it still isn't good enough I guess.
Almost painless I would say - select port, manufacturer and model - its done.
HP provides support for Linux with it's HPIJS (and later HPLIP)
In the driver dropdown, it shows 'hpijs (recommended) HPLIP (suggested)'. I did get to customize it to print only grayscale, which is more than what I could do in win32.
printer driver and tools. HPLIP also has a diagnostic tool for HP printers which will help you do stuff like clean cartridges, calibrate the printer, etc.
Will look for those.
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