[glug-t] Re: Printer problem

Hai all,
what our friend muthiah said is absolutely true. Mostly, all EPSON and HP 
inkjets/deskjets are working without any problem. I am sure that Epson 
stylus880 and hp deskjet 5xx and 6xx series are working beautifully in 
Mandrake and Redhat. 

But be careful about this HPLaserjet 1000. Its an odd printer, for which the 
driver has not been released so far. HP is saying that they are not going to 
relase the linux driver for this printer. And this printer is creating 
problems in windows itself. People say Mandrake 9.1 supports this printer to 
some extent. 

As per docs, we have to download the firmware file (sihp1000.img, which we 
can download from HP's site) to the printer evry time you turn on ur 
printer. Mandrake installation itself directs us to give this command
cat sihp1000.img > /dev/usb/lp0.. 

But this command never ends:( 

As per the 'Pattarivu Siththars' of linux community, this printer is not 
functioning well. Be careful in buying this product. 

 -
pandian
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Muthiah Annamalai writes: 

> HI Folks!
> This is wrt Mr Pandian's query.
> Though I only use an Epson printer at home, I will give you a few tips
> that *might* work.
>   Its a fact that GIMP can print all your pictures out without a hitch.
> For me the EPSON CS  InkJet printer  did not work with the "lpr" command
> or the "cat foo > /dev/lpd" and so on.But I had no problems with GIMP 
> as the application to print pictures.
>   AS regards to Office doc's printing Im at loss to explain.
> Cheers
> Muthu 
> 
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