On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 02:18:59PM -0400, BandiPat wrote:
I think you will find the Canon bargain printers to be as bad as most Lexmark bargain printers. Both are poorly supported in Linux and neither company supports Linux very well.
Not all Lexmark printers were created equal. OptraColor 40 is a pure Postscript printer and requires no drivers at all. And at $100 3 years ago it was really a bargain.
Lexmark does provide some Linux drivers, but they seem to be poorly written and many I have talked to mention it will only do B&W with those!
True for brainless printers but false for OptraColor.
Best bet, stay with the better supported brands, Epson or HP, who also heavily support Linux.
Yes, I would agree that Epson is the best bet nowadays. Regards, -Kastus