[Wylug-help] HP PSC 2100 Series Office Jet

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 30 Apr 2003 11:58 am, John Hodrien wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Dave Fisher wrote:
> > N.B. I've also tried bog standard BSD lpr.  I'll try CUPS if anyone can
> > assure me that they have actually had success with it.
>
> If you want it to 'just work', I've found cups to be amazingly painless.
> Worked first time for every printer I've tried, and supports all of the
> functions on every printer too.  Lexmark are nice enough to provide PPD
> drivers that give you access to all specific printer functions (duplex,
> n-up printing, halftoning options, paper feed....).
>
> Closest to yours I've had working straight away was HP 970cxi (duplex
> inkjet).
>
> > As far as scanning is concerned, xsane etc simply tell me "no devices
> > available", but dmesg reveals the following:
>
> Sorry, no experience on this front, due to only having an unsupported
> devcom parallel affair.
>
Also, some people have had remarkable results in setting you reluctant
printers using Webmin.  I can't use Debian, but I would have thought there
would be Webmin in your distro.

Anne
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