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:Linux Printing: A Curious Mix of Yuck and Excellence, part 1
Linux Printing: A Curious Mix of Yuck and Excellence, part 1
Nov 11, 2008, 23 :04 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (5884 reads)

(Other stories by Carla Schroder)

"Part of the problem with Linux printing is the usual printer vendor hostility to non-Windows users. Even when there are good vendor-supported Linux drivers, they are often not feature-equivalent to their Windows cousins, and they act as though CUPS doesn't exist at all. But there are some exceptions to this, most notably Hewlett-Packard printers. So, in search of hope, I had a good conversation with Hewlett Packard's General Manager of Core Technology, Sam Greenblatt.

"The HPLIP project is a mostly FOSS project that supports the majority of HP's printers. HPLIP drivers and software are licensed under BSD, MIT, and GPL licenses. Plus there are a few proprietary binary-only bits for some printers; I don't know which ones, but it's apparently a small number."

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iPrint may be a bear to configure, I don ...   iPrint   
Nate Bargmann
Nov 12, 2008, 00:48:58
 
My favorite printing solution is PDF bec ...   Re: iPrint   
jhansonxi
Nov 12, 2008, 01:02:41
 
There are some winprinter garbage device ...   Not all HP printers are supported   
jhansonxi
Nov 12, 2008, 01:08:14
 
On my home network I have two printers,  ...   Printing Options   
rm
Nov 12, 2008, 15:57:06
 
The best way to setup HP printers is to  ...   Best way to setup HP printers   
Andrew Malcolmson
Nov 24, 2008, 14:26:30
 
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