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Re: High cost of print cartridges? (take II)

Subject: Re: High cost of print cartridges? (take II)
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:40:32 -0800


Mike O. wrote:

Oh, and if you get a winprinter, you can forget about printing
from Linux. Unless there is some ingenious open-source
workaround by now.

Some do have Linux drivers, but they tend to be specific to a particular version of the kernel. As a result, if you upgrade the kernel, the printer may not work.

You can also use a winprinter from within Linux if you have a Windows running in vmware or win4lin.

Personally, though, I stay clear of winprinters. Even under Windows, their performance can be erratic. Moreover, because they'r eoften bottom line models, you often can't upgrade them to use a decent amount of memory, which makes them impractical for brochure work and the like.

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