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NewsForge: Review: HP Deskjet 6840 on Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 4, 2005

“In a recent review article of SUSE 9.3 Professional, I
discussed the advantages of using a common distribution to
administer CUPS and more easily share a locally attached printer
across a LAN. A reader comment about using a network-ready printer
instead made me consider that alternative for multi-OS environments
where a common platform is not a possibility. I am now the proud
owner of a Deskjet 6840, a color inkjet printer by Hewlett-Packard
(HP).

“The 6840 is a network-ready printer that can print black text
at 30 pages per minute (ppm) in draft mode or 2 ppm in normal mixed
text/graphics mode…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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