[riscos-printing] Re: Upgrading to a new printer
- From: Dave Higton <davehigton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: riscos-printing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:58:13 GMT
In message <20be2b5752.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <efac295752.BrianFerris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Brian <brferris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hello
> > Looking through the latest printers at Amazon, eg top selling Epson
> > models and at John Lewis.
> > I had difficulty matching any printers from the the current Gutenprint
> > list 2.40
> > I know the world of printers and drivers for us will never be
> > identical or the most up to date, but it makes choosing a printer
> > difficult.
> > Are there any developments regarding the updating of the printer
> > drivers?
>
> There will be an update with more than 170 new colour printer models
> soon, but I am still waiting for the full release of the next Linux
> version (5.2.8). So far, there has only been a pre-release. There will
> not be many changes for the full version, but having waited that long,
> I would rather wait for the full version to base the next RISC OS
> release on. To give you an idea, these are the new printers in 5.2.8
> (compared to 5.2.5 on which the current RISC OS version is based). (As
> usual, EXPERIMENTAL means that the driver is not fully colour tuned
> and might change in a later release, but it will work)
[snip: an impressively long list of newly supported printers,
including a couple I've had my eye on]
The danger is that, by the time it's been released and you've done
your bit, none of them will be available any more except second
hand.
Dave
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