fyi: all-in-one, postscript printer

Bill Campbell linux-sxs at celestial.com
Thu Feb 16 12:32:26 PST 2012


On Thu, Feb 16, 2012, Andrew Gould wrote:
>Finding a good printer was a real struggle while using FreeBSD (which
>is now a moot point).  However, I found an all-in-one, postscript
>printer that's still commonly available.  Lexmark's Pro915 speaks
>postscript, so I was able to configure it as a generic postscript
>printer using CUPS.
>
>Lexmark supports Linux with downloadable drivers.  Now that I'm
>running Fedora 16, I'll give that a try.  I have the printer
>configured for wireless access.
>
>Has anyone used Lexmark's Linux apps?  Should I expect to be able to
>scan over the network?

I have been very happy with Lexmark printers over the years.

Lexmark has been criticized though for doing things that prevent
one from using non-Lexmark toner/ink in their printers.

Bill
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