Re: [TCLUG:2481] Unfriendly Linux Gift

[Jon Kotek <kotek@oath.net>]

I am not positive, but I recalled that the 7 series deskjets are like
Winmodems. software controled and thus not Linux nice

Jon




At 08:38 AM 12/3/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Greet the sun all,
>
>I received my Xmas gift from my wife early this year.  She had looked at
>the editor's choice in my PCMagazine for a printer recommendation and
>purchased a HP712C.  Okay, the thing is build for Windows, in terms of
>control like cleaning catridges (groan).  That isn't a big problem since it
>is hooked up to a dual boot NT/RH5.1 system.  I can just boot to NT when I
>need to do maintenance. My question: I tried some of the DeskJet drivers in
>the printtool with no luck.  The printtool sees the printer on lp1 but I
>cannot find a driver to talk to it.  Do any of the drivers that come with
>RH5.1 work with an HP DeskJet 7XX or does anybody know of a site where I
>can look for a possible driver?
>
>
>-- 
>Perry Hoekstra - dutchman@mn.uswest.net
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>>From the ashes of Spec1170 a fire shall be woken,       
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>Renewed shall be the Unix OS that was broken,     
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>
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