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RE: [TCLUG:2481] Unfriendly Linux Gift




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perry Hoekstra [mailto:dutchman@uswest.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 1998 8:39 AM
> To: tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com
> Subject: [TCLUG:2481] Unfriendly Linux Gift
>
>
> Greet the sun all,
>
> I received my Xmas gift from my wife early this year.  She had looked at
> the editor's choice in my PCMagazine for a printer recommendation and
> purchased a HP712C.  Okay, the thing is build for Windows, in terms of
> control like cleaning catridges (groan).  That isn't a big
> problem since it
> is hooked up to a dual boot NT/RH5.1 system.  I can just boot to NT when I
> need to do maintenance. My question: I tried some of the DeskJet
> drivers in
> the printtool with no luck.  The printtool sees the printer on lp1 but I
> cannot find a driver to talk to it.  Do any of the drivers that come with
> RH5.1 work with an HP DeskJet 7XX or does anybody know of a site where I
> can look for a possible driver?

The HP 712C uses the "Printer Performance Architecture" (PPA) printing
language, which is a closed protocol incompatible with any other printing
language.  Bastards.

Try this link: http://www.rpi.edu/~normat/technical/ppa/index.html
It's a Linux effort to hack this protocol, and it appears to be meeting with
some success.

--
Carl Patten
Systems Administrator
Trimodal Inc.