Modern Inkjets And Linux Support?

Clinton Work asks: "There are tons of cheap/high quality inkjet printers on the market, but all of them use proprietary Windows printer drivers. The older HP inkjets have Linux drivers but are no longer on the market. Your only option is too choose a more expensive inkjet or a cheap laser printer with postscript support. I have looked at the modern printing software like LPRng and CUPS without any luck. Does anybody have a solution?"

Comments

You want gimp-print

[Anonymous Coward]

Despite the name, gimp-print also works with ghostview and support a wide range of Epson, HP, and Canon colour printers.

That's where the action is. Its success is why the other ghostview drivers have been languishing.

Re: Modern Inkjets And Linux Support?

[Andy Dodd]

Um, $449 is not "Cheap" - He's talking about the sub-$200 range. (Hell, sub-$150...)

If the Epson 640 and 740 are still available, they're cheap and work great.

bagh

[angry old man]

Back in my day, we didn't have all these fancy schmancy ink jet printers.

As we typed character by character, the letter printed onto a sheet of paper. There were no useless CRT monitors, or LCD panels. No eyestrain either.

Instead of worrying about old Inkjet printers, you need to get yourself a good teletype printer and sell your monitor to one of those lazy silicon valley kids.

www.linuxprinting.org - The database...

[Spoing]

Look at the Linux Printing Support Database. Some details on drivers for different printers are listed in the printer vendor report card page. Also, you can check the status of printers that aren't "perfect" with a quick check in the database.

The database has links to the drivers needed for each printer, or the filters (LPD, CUPS) that are needed.

Here are the color inkjets that are listed to work "perfectly";

1. Canon - BJC-70, BJC-210, BJC-250, BJC-600, BJC-610, BJC-620, BJC-800, BJC-4000, BJC-4100, BJC-4200, BJC-4300, BJC-4400

   Citizen - ProJet IIc

   Digital - DECwriter 520ic*

   Hewlett Packard - 2000C, 2500C, DesignJet 3500CP, DeskJet 400, DeskJet 420C, DeskJet 500C, DeskJet 540, DeskJet 550C, DeskJet 560C, DeskJet 600, DeskJet 1200C, DeskJet 1600C, DeskJet 1600CM, PaintJet*, PaintJet XL*, PaintJet XL300*

   Lexmark - Optra Color 40, Optra Color 45

   Olivetti - JP350S*, JP450*, JP470*

   Samsung - SI-630A*

   Tektronix - 4696*, 4697*

   Xerox - DocuPrint C20

Here's another example; a list of Lexmark printers (inkjet or not, perfect or not);

1. Lexmark / IBM

2. 1. Perfectly - 4039 10plus, Optra Color 40, Optra Color 45, Optra Color 1200, Optra Color 1275, Optra E*, Optra E+*, Optra E310*, Optra Ep*, Optra K 1220*, Optra R+*, Optra S 1250*, Optra S 1855*, Optra Se 3455*, Optra W810*, Valuewriter 300*

   2. Mostly - 1020 Business, 3000

      Partially - 1000, 1100, 2030, 2070, 3200, 5000, 5700, 7000, 7200, Winwriter 400*, Z11, Z51

      Paperweight - 1020, 2050, Winwriter 100*, Winwriter 150c*, Winwriter 200*