[NCLUG] Printer suggestions

dobbster dobbster at dobbster.com
Tue Jan 16 18:27:50 MST 2001


"Aaron D. Johnson" wrote:
> 
> > Believe it or not, things work better from Windows.  However, I
> > discourage my users from using Windows when possible (and they
> > mainly print from Netscape mail in Linux).
> 
> Hmm.  I guess I assumed Windows problems due to the darkness control
> complaints you mentioned.  Never seen anything on Linux that had a
> knob for that.  There are a few more drivers that Ghostscript has for
> various DeskJets.  You may want to try one of those instead.  "gs -h"
> will list them.  But if the big complaint is the speed, a different
> printer is probably in order.
> 
> Aaron

Yeah, we'll probably go for another printer.  A LaserJet might be nice. 
I wasn't aware of the gs -h command (like I said, this stuff is a bit
alien to me...)

Generally it's safe to assume things are worse from Windows.  This is an
exception. :-)

Thanks,

Mark (dobbster at dobbster.com)



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