DVCS (was Re: Moving to D)

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Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:02:38 +0100, Daniel Gibson wrote:

> Am 14.01.2011 20:50, schrieb Walter Bright:
>> Daniel Gibson wrote:
>>> But a few years ago it was a lot worse, especially with cheap inkjets.
>>> Many supported only GDI printing which naturally is best supported on
>>> Windows (GDI is a windows interface).
>>
>> Yeah, but I bought an *HP* laserjet, because I thought everyone
>> supported them well.
>>
>> Turns out I probably have the only orphaned HP LJ model.
> 
> Yes, the HP Laserjets usually have really good support with PCL and
> sometimes even Postscript.
> You said you've got a HP (Laserjet?) 2300? On
> http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_2300 it says that
> printer "works perfectly" and supports PCL 5e, PCL6 and Postscript level
> 3.
> 
> Generally http://www.openprinting.org/printers is a really good page to
> see if a printer has Linux-support and where to get drivers etc.

I'm not sure if Walter's Ubuntu version already has this, but the latest 
Ubuntus automatically install all CUPS supported (USB) printers. I 
haven't tried this autodetection with parallel or network printers. The 
"easiest" way to configure CUPS is via the CUPS network interface 
( http://localhost:631 ). In some early Ubuntu versions the printer 
configuration was broken. You had to add yourself to the lpadmin group 
and whatnot. My experiences with printers are:

Linux (Ubuntu)

1. Plug in the cable
2. Print

Mac OS X

1. Plug in the cable
2. Print

Windows

1. Plug in the cable.
2. Driver wizard appears, fails to install
3. Insert driver cd (preferably download the latest drivers from the 
internet)
4. Save your work
4. Reboot
5. Close the HP/Canon/whatever ad dialog
6. Restart the programs and load your work
7. Print