On Friday 29 May 2009, Kevin Kofler wrote:
Konstantin Svist wrote:
> Is there a driver wrapper for printers out there (similar to
> ndiswrapper)? If not, there should be :P
No, there shouldn't! We'll never get native, Free drivers that way. I don't
want to have to use crappy buggy proprietary drivers which weren't even
written for my operating system! Ndiscrapper (misspelling intentional) is a
problem, not a solution.
Buy a supported printer! (I recommend HP models supported by HPLIP without
the binary "plugin". Most HP printers are, but check the compatibility list
to be sure.)
Kevin Kofler
For a change Kevin, we agree 95%. We will never convince the Lexmarks of the
world to give us working driver writing information until we are a more
significant piece of the market, one they will have to play with on our terms
IF they want to sell us their printers.
However, gutenprint, with _some_ Epson printers can also be quite usable, I
have sold color prints from my now 8 year old C82. Epsons reds are better
than HP's in particular, and I have excellent color vision, which means I'm
also relatively poor at seeing in the dark. HP's reds always have a slightly
orange tint to me, making flesh tones look like too much makeup. The
Durabrite inks are also rated for archival (100+ years life) use.
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