[Nottingham] linux laptop with printing

[Martin Waryniak]

Alex,

I am using  RedHat 7.3 i think on my Toshiba laptop. I wouldn't worry 
too much about Linmux not working on a laptop nowadays. From my 
experience (friends using linux on laptops) the essentials will always 
work, such as sound, mouse internet. grapics also alwas work but not 
neccessariily to the best they could be if ur graphics card is not 
recognised through Linux.  I don't know about printing because i haven't 
tried it yet on mine but opefully is the printer supplies linux drivers 
it sholdn't cause a problem.
Also, i dont know if ur gf needs the printer just for documents or also 
wants to work with graphics, the tool gimp is free and can produce 
excellent results,
Martin

Alex Tibbles wrote:

>Hi there! I've not managed to make the domestic
>arrangements necessary to attend a meeting (yet) but
>was wondering if anyone had some advice.
>My girlfriend has bought an IBM thinkpad R31. She
>wants me help to put linux on it. I've found a bit of
>stuff about it eg
>http://www.xs4all.nl/~matto/tpr31.html,
>http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/M.Hansard/thinkpad-r31.htm,
>http://www.systura.com/linux/thinkpadr31.html - the
>most helpful of which recommends debian Woody to
>install from.
>Someone on this list (sorry, can't remember) said just
>now that they were using an old thinkpad with linux.
>Has anyone got distribution recommendations?
>
>A 'big thing' for her is to be able to print pictures.
>After James Siddle's problems i thought I might reveal
>my lack of knowledge about such things and ask for
>pointers. How do i find out whether a given printer
>will work under linux (say debian, or redhat)? As far
>as I can tell eg. HP do not release linux drivers.
>I've found linuxprinting.org which will give me useful
>info on specific printers under certain environments.
>
>Is this right: there are several linux printing
>daemons lpd, lpdng, cups etc. whether it works will
>depend on the printer-daemon combination.
>is one daemon 'the best'?
>
>Has anyone any horror stories of printers that simply
>dont work with linux. how do i spot a winprinter? any
>recommendations for decent quality colour inkjets
>which work well with linux?
>
>thanks,
>alex
>
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Martin Waryniak
School of Computer Science
University of Nottingham