[plug] plug membership / printer query

[robert hunter]

Christian wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, David J Dartnall wrote:
> 
> > I've received about four months' worth of  information, (some of which
> > has been related to linux!), since subscribing to plug.. - it's probably
> > about time a membership fee was paid. Please let me know
> 
> I don't believe we have actually established a membership fee as yet...
> there was some discussion at one stage but I'm not sure if anything
> definite was decided... anyone?
> 
> > Perhaps someone could advise the whether drivers are available for an
> > Epson 740 inkjet which I'm thinking of buying. Epson Australia say that
> > they don't supply drivers for other than Windows, NT or Mac. They say,
> > however that it will run under dos (not a Windows-only printer).
> > I'm running SuSE 5.3 and currently have a Brother HJ400 printer and am
> > having difficulty integrating
> > this - it will accept "cp <text.file> /dev/lp0"  but produces garbage
> > otherwise. Hence before laying out cash on a more expensive printer, I
> > need to be sure it'll work.
> > Setting up printers for Linux seems to be an obscure art? Most of the
> > books and manuals I've bought avoid the issue, and the HOWTO series
> > appear to be out of date - I guess with the large range of printers on
> > the market it's pretty difficult to keep up.
> 
> I think you're right... I've avoided setting up my printer in Linux for
> over a year now however it's reaching the point where I really need it up
> and running.  However the documentation related to printers hasn't really
> been very helpful so far, especially not in relation to my printer (Canon
> LBP-III laser printer).  I've found a filter which converts HP LaserJet
> data to CaPSL (language for the Canon laser printers) and since the HP
> printers are well support, theoretically this sounds like it would work.
> However running it through two filters like this makes me a little nervous
> since there feels like there's plenty of opportunity for errors.  Has
> anyone had any experience with this or any comments/suggestions to make?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Christian.
> 
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I would like to join PLUG. When is the next meeting? 
Robert Hunter.