Printing questions

[Dana]

Well at least you saved me some time.  Now I know not to even try and get my
HP 672C to work with Linux.

How about if I network the computers and print from my Linux box through the
Windows machine to the printer?

----- Original Message -----
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Sam Clippinger wrote:
>
> Welp, this is an easy one.  When you bought your printer, it probably said
> something like "Optimized for Microsoft Windows".  Yep, you guessed it,
> your printer is a Winprinter.
>
> How do I know this?  BY THE POWER OF THE INTERNET.  Heh.
>
> http://www.hp.com/cposupport/printers/support_doc/bpd04723.html#P409_4800
>
> Notice that it doesn't list MacOS or MS-DOS (unless thru Winders) as
> supported OSes.  This means "WinPrinter".
>
> Sorry, but for the near future your printer is junk.  Worse yet, the model
> that would work with Linux probably would have only cost you $20 more.
>
> Don't feel too bad -- many, many people bought these printers thinking "a
> printer is a printer".
>
> Jeffrey