[Gllug] Fwd: seeking advice (about printer support on GNU/Linux)

[Andrew Richardson]

The question with printers is not whether Open Office will support a 
particular printer but whether Cups or lpr or lpd using ghostscript can 
support it.  In other words Open Office can (& usually should) be set to use 
the default postscript printing process and ghostscript is handling the 
layout.

You could start by visiting www.google.com/linux and entering your printer 
models into the search.  Hopefully you will find info on which printing 
system can support the devices.

Hope this helps

Andrew

On Monday 18 November 2002 07:35, you wrote:
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> From: klak at giasbm01.vsnl.net.in (Khuzaima A. Lakdawala)
> To: fsug-kochi-discuss at symonds.net, fsug-kozhikode
> <fsug-calicut at freelists.org> Reply-To: fsug-calicut at freelists.org
> Subject: Fwd: [fsug-calicut] Fwd: seeking advice (about printer support on
> GNU/Linux)
> Date: 11/18/2002 10:57:07 AM
>
> Please cc any replies to vkr2002 at vsnl.net
>
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>
> Dear sir,
>
> I am Company Secretary of Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation
> Ltd. (INDIA),
> a Govt. of Kerala Company engaged in Inland Navigation. I amincharge of
> computerisation
> of this Company. We have invited tenders for this process and it is in the
> final stage.
> Being interested in the Linux platform we had emphasised  this in the
> tender and asked the parties to quote for both windows and LInux platforms.
>
> As a trial I have installed MANDRAKE linux in one of the machines. The
> installation went
> smoothly. i installed the OPEN OFFICE as the office suit.
>
> But now I am facing a problem that none of our printers is supported by
> Linux. We are having the following printers: (all dot matrix printers)
>
> 1. Epson LQ300 ESC/2
> 2. Wipro LQ1050
> 3. EPSON FX 1170
> 4. TVSE MS P345
>
> Can you advice me about how to install the printers to get OPEN OFFICE
> documents print properly
> (I can print plain text using the printers.)
>
> Since there are number of letters and other documents are prepared this is
> crucial to determine
> whether to go in for LINUX system or not
>
> Regards,
>
> RAJU V.K
>
>
>
> Khuzaima A. Lakdawala
>
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>
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