[SLL] Color laser printer for Linux?

John Locke freelocke at gmail.com
Wed Feb 27 16:05:12 PST 2008


Bill Campbell wrote:
> I'm an old-fashioned component stereo guy who prefers to have separate
> printers and scanners so I don't have all my eggs in one basket.  I use
> HylaFAX which is happy with a variety of input formats including
> PostScript, PDF, plain-text, most image formats, and isn't tied to any
> particular hardware (we use external MultiTech data/fax modems on a Linux
> box of course :-).
>   
We like them all in one piece. The fewer bits of hardware, the better. 
But of course, that's because we have 6 people working in our upstairs, 
which is a half-floor of some 450 square feet, with two childs' rooms 
and a landing. There's no room for another piece of hardware, at least 
if it's not something we can put in the basement with the servers!

You know, our copier is on the fritz. We have an HP Photosmart 
all-in-one deal here. Printing works. Scanning works. Faxing works. But 
copying? The thing starts bucking and grinding, then beeps saying 
there's an error and gives up. You'd think if printing and scanning both 
work separately, they would work together and give us a simple copy 
without needing a computer in the middle of the process.

But no.

-- 
John


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