until you do realize you can't print to the latest laser printer your boss bought because it's simply not supported by any driver on linux
Run that one by me again. You're saying that after going to the hassle of Linux migration the IT deprtment isn't going to spend the 1 minute required to heck if the new printer they would like to buy is supported?
And then ignoring that issue for a minute - you said "laser printer". I think you're confused. It's the inexpensive home desktop inkjet printers that don'
HP makes any number of LaserPrinters that don't do PCL/PostScript in hardware. They are done in software. I'm not going to claim they are decent printers. They are mostly single user, small user group type printers. The HP 1012 (not claiming it's decent).
I know I bought a printer about 5-6 years ago that was the same thing built by somebody else (Sony I think?). It used a SourceGear driver. The ghostscript guys said they'd actively write a driver for it's language because they were such nice printer
Really, in the parent post I never even claimed the HP 1012 didn't work under Linux. I just said it was a non-PCL/PS printer. I did however in other places in this thread say that the HP 1012 doesn't work. I could be wrong on that. I've never used the 1012 in my life. However, I know several linux savvy people who couldn't make a low-end HP printer work via cups, print-tool, or hand munging the printcap files. I just went and found the lowend one that doesn't list Linux as supportable, that doesn't list Postscript and/or PCL as the printer language. Which is what the poster claimed didn't exist (laser printers that don't support PCL or PostScript)
It is the HP printer that doesn't have Linux listed as on the web page. They do mention Linux as being supported on most of the rest of their hardware.
The 1012 might work, however, I know that the 3500's don't work. They use a propriatary JetReady language that I haven't seen anyone say they can use.
Even more curious the 1012 lists the printer language as "Host Based", which generally means it's a one that is software based on the driver. So I'm highly curious what driver the software used. You can normally print text to them even if they don't support anything else. However, generally you can't print anything that isn't a flat text document. So does it do graphics and all that? Even the 3500 I can get to print text from Linux, however, it's printing raw postscript last I saw it.
I sure don't see the 1012 listed on my printer configuration when I try and configure my printer via RedHat's printtool. However, that doesn't mean you can't get it to work. The HP 1000 series says that it uses a non-standard printer driver. So I might be wrong it might work as a stand in.
Linux is fine on the business desktop (Score:-1, Troll)
'business' ? not yet
Re:Linux is fine on the business desktop (Score:4, Informative)
Run that one by me again. You're saying that after going to the hassle of Linux migration the IT deprtment isn't going to spend the 1 minute required to heck if the new printer they would like to buy is supported?
And then ignoring that issue for a minute - you said "laser printer". I think you're confused. It's the inexpensive home desktop inkjet printers that don'
Re:Linux is fine on the business desktop (Score:3, Informative)
I know I bought a printer about 5-6 years ago that was the same thing built by somebody else (Sony I think?). It used a SourceGear driver. The ghostscript guys said they'd actively write a driver for it's language because they were such nice printer
Re:HP 1012 (Score:0)
I just installed an HP 1012 on Linux TODAY. I am staring at the printer test page right now.
You can't figure out how to print to an HP 1012? Too bad. That doesn't mean that it can't be used with Linux.
"Printed using CUPS v1.1.x"
Re:HP 1012 (Score:3, Informative)
It is the HP printer that doesn't have Linux listed as on the web page. They do mention Linux as being supported on most of the rest of their hardware.
The 1012 might work, however, I know that the 3500's don't work. They use a propriatary JetReady language that I haven't seen anyone say they can use.
Even more curious the 1012 lists the printer language as "Host Based", which generally means it's a one that is software based on the driver. So I'm highly curious what driver the software used. You can normally print text to them even if they don't support anything else. However, generally you can't print anything that isn't a flat text document. So does it do graphics and all that? Even the 3500 I can get to print text from Linux, however, it's printing raw postscript last I saw it.
I sure don't see the 1012 listed on my printer configuration when I try and configure my printer via RedHat's printtool. However, that doesn't mean you can't get it to work. The HP 1000 series says that it uses a non-standard printer driver. So I might be wrong it might work as a stand in.
Kirby
Re:HP 1012 (Score:2)
Look here for specific details on the HP Laserjet 1012. [linuxprinting.org]