On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Johannes Meixner
On Sep 5 15:28 C wrote (excerpt):
I have had excellent success with HP printers - literally plug and play. They literally just work - at least for all the consumer grade HP printers...
Not all HP printers (or all-in-one devices) work, see http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/unsupported.html
If you actually looked at the list of printers you linked, it's almost exclusively Large Format printers and Graphic Plotters... neither of which come anywhere near consumer class devices. These are very expensive devices that are used by professional designers/draftspeople for specialized niche/professional printing requirements. there are not something you will see in someone's home office for printing out Grandma's recipe for pumpkin pie. I stand by what I said... for all _consumer_ grade HP printers, you should be able to expect them to "just work" when you plug them into a computer running a current version of openSUSE. You don't need to do any preparation, they should be supported by default (from a default openSUSE install).
All real PostScript printers from any manufacturer work, see http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printer_buying_guide
What kind of budget are you working with? Real PS printers are expensive... especially compared to your HPIJS and HPCUPS compatible printers (virtually every single consumer class HP printer on the market). I certainly cannot afford a true PS printer. C. -- openSUSE 12.1 x86_64, KDE 4.9.0 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org