Re: printing stopped working--any ideas?
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 08:57:03PM +0000, thyrinn@attbi.com wrote:
> I have one of these printers. The only way I ever got
> it working was using gimp-print(?) and CUPS. lpr and
> all of that wouldn't work. Also with this setup the
> quality was awful. It would only do greyscale. When I
> hooked the same printer to a Win9x computer with the
> Canon drivers it printed just fine. The printer has
> since run out of ink and I haven't gotten around to
> spending another $35 for ink for the $80 printer. I had
> this working around 4-6 months ago.
IMHO, for b/w printing that _will_ always work, try swaping your
printer for HP DeskJet series - I have the old 500 and it works
perfectly. Refiling the cartridge is cheap; can't complain.
If you want good quality, look for a printer that is supported
under Linux. Either it is PostScript or some other open
standard.
Looking at magicfilter, these are the printers/standards you get
at least support for folloing printers:
galactic@polaris:/etc/magicfilter$ ls
StylusColor-1520@1440dpi-filter cpsonly300-filter ljet3-filter
StylusColor-500@360dpi-filter cpsonly400-filter ljet4-filter
StylusColor-500@720dpi-filter cpsonly600-filter ljet4050-filter
StylusColor-600@1440dpi-filter deskjet-filter ljet4l-filter
StylusColor-600@360dpi-filter dj500-filter ljet4m-filter
StylusColor-600@720dpi-filter dj500c-filter ljet4ml-filter
StylusColor-800@1440dpi-filter dj550c-filter ljetplus-filter
StylusColor-800@360dpi-filter dj690c-best-filter ljetpluslo-filter
StylusColor-800@720dpi-filter dj690c-filter ln03-filter
StylusColor-II-IIs@360dpi-filter dj690c-low-filter m8510-filter
StylusColor-II@720dpi-filter e312-filter necp6-filter
StylusColor-IIs@720dpi-filter epson9-filter oki182-filter
StylusColor-generic-filter epson9c-filter pj-filter
StylusColor@360dpi-filter epsonlq-filter pjxl-filter
StylusColor@720dpi-filter epsonlqc-filter pjxl300-filter
bj10e-filter ibmpro-filter ps300-filter
bj200-filter jetp3852-filter ps400-filter
bj600-filter la50-filter ps600-filter
bj600_draft-filter la75-filter psonly300-filter
bj610-filter laserjet-filter psonly400-filter
bj800-filter laserjetlo-filter psonly600-filter
bj800_draft-filter lbp8-filter r4081-filter
cps300-filter lj250-filter stylus800-filter
cps400-filter ljet2p-filter tek4693-filter
cps600-filter ljet2plo-filter tek4696-filter
But this is the lesson we all have to learn - looking for
hardware that is supported under more than Winblows.. Then
again, it is usually the better hardware that is supported for
Linux based distros anyway...
- Adam
PS. ALL cheap ass printers are cheap because companies do not
make money off of them - they make money when you buy ink. Thus,
cheap printers usually have unrefilable cartridges...
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