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Re: What printer: msg#00007
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Re: What printer |
Charles Lindsey wrote:
My Lexmark Z53 printer seems to hae expired.
What options have I got to attach to an Ultra 2?
That means: Parallel interface
Supported by Gimp-print
Parallel interfaces seem to be increasingly rare these days, so is there
any way to get a USB interface on an Ultra-2; i.e. is there an Sbus 2
USB card available?
Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server?
Never seen a USB SBus card - although if one's out there, I'd be
interested...
I'm not that versed in what's Gimp-print compatible (I'm guessing the
majority of printers out there are one way or another?) but the
[parallel/USB to] ethernet print server may be a better option, so long
as it supports LPD (some out there - eg. some DLink ones - only support
Windows systems).
I normally go for printers that have either PostScript or PCL
compatibility (Epson compatibility was defacto once upon a time... and
may still be useful!). Obviously GDI printers aren't that much useful on
a *nix box (some work, most don't).
--Phil.
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