DVCS (was Re: Moving to D)

[Daniel Gibson]

Am 14.01.2011 21:16, schrieb Russel Winder:
> On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 11:50 -0800, Walter Bright wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I have an HP LJ 4000N and whilst it is perfectly functional, printing
> systems have decided it is too old to work with properly -- this is a
> Windows, Linux and Mac OS X problem.  Backward compatibility is a
> three-edged sword.
>

hplip on Linux should support it when connected via Parallel Port (but, 
according to a maybe outdated list, not USB or Network/Jetdirect). See also 
http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_4000 :-)