Re: Let's go shopping for a Linux compatible printer!

From: Roy Culley (rgc_at_nodomain.none)
Date: 07/28/04


Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 01:50:22 +0200

begin <pan.2004.07.26.06.26.16.462578@maillinux.org>,
        Freeride <freeride@maillinux.org> writes:
> On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 20:19:47 +0000, Flatface wrote:
>
> <Babbling Snipped>
>
> Only printer you will ever need, comes with full Linux,UNIX and MAC
> support.
> http://www.office.xerox.com/perl-bin/product.pl?product=8400
>
> You can go ahead and rant about a $200 printer in which you pay
> $1000 a year in ink not being support in Linux. Hell maybe there is
> a reason that they are not support, maybe people that use Linux are
> not stupid enough to buy one!!!!!!!!!!!

It is ironic that the reason I finally ditched Windows at home was
because of a printing problem. I've written about it on COLA before.
The same printer, an HP850C, worked perfectly under Linux all the
time.



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