Re: [TCLUG:2481] Unfriendly Linux Gift

[Mark Dalton <mwd@sgi.com>]

> 
> 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?
> 

I do not see a driver for the HP 71* series, although there were some for the
HP 720 series.. (look at the very bottom of the page):
	http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/printer.html
	 HP DeskJet 720C and 722C printers appear to work with mswinpr2
	 These are PPA printers.
	  http://www.rpi.edu/~normat/technical/ppa/

     Also:
	ftp://ftp.pdb.sni.de/pub/utilities/misc/hpdj.html
	http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
	http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/printing/!INDEX.html


For 'Windows-Only printers':
	http://www.linuxnews.com/LDP/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO-12.html

And don't forget to send HP a note for support of Linux printer drivers
and Open standards.
   http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/peripherals/pandi.pl
   http://www.hp.com/cposupport/eschome.html
     * Yes, you are the customer, and they _should_ be there to serve you.

FYI on other stuff at SunSite:
	http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/!INDEX.html


Mark
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