Hallo, On Oct 20 13:51 Johannes Meixner wrote (shortened):
Wichtig ist ... ... dass das Gerät weder ein "Driver plug-in" (das ist proprietäre binary-only Software) noch "firmware download" braucht
Zu meinen speziellen Erfahrungen mit einem Testgerät, was ein "Driver plug-in" und "firmware download" braucht, siehe https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187049 ------------------------------------------------------------------ I am so happy that I don't have such a piece of lowest-level hardware crap at home and that I have a reasonable PostScript/PCL LaserJet 1220 at work for real printing (the LaserJet 1020 is only for testing). ... Your harsh words about the LJ1020 only make me smile, because I can't make public comments like that. Unfortunately these out-sourced printers have Linux USB issues and are easy to hang. ... I have an HP1018 on Fedora Core 7 Linux and I get this same flaky behavior. ... Only a side note regarding 'I had an HP Laser Jet Series II in 1988 and it lasted about 8 years. It costed $1600 back then, but it worked dependably.' Just buy a HP printer which costs $1600 now and you will very likely be happy with a nice PostScript/PCL device which is reasonable robust. Perhaps not as robust as the LaserJet series II, but then just buy one which costs now the current real equivalent of $1600 from 1988 ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------ "LaserJet 1220" und "LaserJet 1020" scheinen auf den ersten Blick irgendwie verwandt zu sein, sind es aber überhaupt nicht und wie man sieht ist nicht überall wo "HP" draufsteht auch "HP" drin. Vergl. auch "It is crucial to have exact model names" in http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Purchasing_a_Printer_and_Compatibility Gruß Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex