Printing in Linux

[Brian Kelsay]

Jonathan Hutchins wrote:

> On Tuesday 15 July 2003 01:44 pm, Chris Wagner wrote:
> 
>>I also currently am setup to print to any printer on our network,
>>which include a Savin 2545 DP black and white copier, HP LaserJet
>>2100M, and a Tektronix Phaser 850N.
> 
>>Each seem to have Unix drivers, but I'm just not real clear on how to
>>setup network printers on Linux.
> 
> It depends on how they're being shared.  You may need a Printer Definition 
> File - the other kind of .pdf.  CUPS is pretty much standard now, cups.org 
> has some decent docs on-line.  The LaserJet is pretty much guarnateed to work 
> no matter what.  Tektronix are imbedded in the old 1960's Unix code, aren't 
> they?  Savin might be tricky, but if there are drivers then you can probably 
> find a GUI util to add them to the 'Dog.

Some of the Savin printers are in there (CUPS), but you may not have 
full functionality yet.  I set up a Savin multi-function on a work Linux 
box six months ago and I was able to print black/white and grayscale. 
That was all I needed.
Brian