RE: List of Printers

["Trainor, Kevin T." <Kevin.T.Trainor@norwest.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Neu [mailto:tim@tneu.visi.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 20:46
> To: 'tclug-list@mn-linux.org'
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:7924] RE: List of Printers 
> PPA Deskjets = bad
> Most PCL Deskjets = good  (some even do postscript as an 
> accessory - ie 1200C's
> The PPA printers are just like "winmodems" (softare based, 
> etc), however there is some limited Linux support for these beasts. Avoid 
> them like the plague.
	Tough to do if you already have one. :)

> The regular PCL Deskjets are hardware-based, and have been 
> supported in the free version of ghostscript for ages...   
> To my knowledge, the HP
> drivers in ghostscript were written by third parties (i.e. not HP). 
> The original deskjets, the 320 series, 400 series, 500 
> series, etc are all PCL....  (there may be others)... 
	Hopefully the 672C is one of them.

> To tell if the printer is PCL vs PPA, you would either have 
> to read up on them (does it say on the box?), or ensure that 
> "DOS" is a supported
> operating system (since DOS doesn't know how to "do" PPA). 
	I don't think it says on the box. Guess I better head out to 
the shed and take a look.

> The older deskjets are generally all PCL, since PPA is a 
> recent "thing". 
	Well, here's hoping. Thanks for the help and advice,
folks.

Kevin Trainor
Wells Fargo Customer Accounting
612-667-7574
"Well if the money talks, why won't it speak to me?"
     -Jason & The Scorchers

All opinions my own, not WF's.