Linux friendly inkjet printers?

[Tony Alfrey]

On Thursday 09 September 2004 05:28 pm, Michael Scottaline wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 11:53:51 -0700, Tony Alfrey 
<tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 08 September 2004 06:45 am, Michael Scottaline wrote:
> > > I've also never had a problem hooking an HP DeskJet to any linux
> > > box. Mike
> >
> > "Hooking" is one thing; getting the most out of the printer is
> > another. The generic HP linux printer drivers ("filters") will make
> > "stuff" come out of the printer (e.g. my HP 960C) but to get full
> > control over the color balance and varioous other features, I can't
> > get there without using the Windoze drivers.  And even these make
> > the printer slllllooooooooowwwwww.
> > My 2 cents.
>
> =============================
> I've only tried the 69x and 66x series.  I've NEVER needed a win
> dirver and with those series, color worked flawlessly.  `course I
> haven't used an inkjet printer in about two years.  Lately I've been
> using a laser Brother 1440 and have been quite happy w/o color.  I'm
> not much on digital photography ;o)  I *still* prefer film and
> chemically produced prints <shurg> <just me....>
> Mike

Sorry, I was not clear on the "windows driver" part.  I meant when I run 
the printer in windows;  then the printer is incredibly slow with the 
driver that is supposed to be used with it.  I actually use a different 
windows driver (for the 1200C) to run the 960C in windows.  What I was 
trying to get at is that
a) the generic HP/linux driver works "fine", but does not allow me to 
get "inside" the printer to tweak it.
b) HP as a company is a flakey operation and has poor support for their 
drivers within windows.  Of course, they cannot spell "linux".


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