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Title: What laser printer?
Post by: lpino on 2008.09.04, 17:04:18
I'm thinking on buying a new laser printer. Is there any "supported" models?. By supported I mean old drivers that would work or any good experience with CUPS.

Thanks
Title: Re: What laser printer?
Post by: Radek on 2008.09.04, 17:21:10
LJ 1200 - supported by eCS, works perfectly. At present, this printer must be rather cheap. I have one and I have no complaints with it.
Title: Re: What laser printer?
Post by: Pete on 2008.09.05, 00:49:50
Quote from: lpino on 2008.09.04, 17:04:18
I'm thinking on buying a new laser printer. Is there any "supported" models?. By supported I mean old drivers that would work or any good experience with CUPS.

Thanks


Hi

Make sure the printer of your choice is a Postscript capable device.

The driver is a *.PPD file which you can then add to the OS/2 pscript.drv to create your own printer driver  :-)


Regards

Pete

Title: Re: What laser printer?
Post by: abwillis on 2008.09.05, 02:07:20
Essentially any postscript capable printer is good.  For non-postscript printers you would need to check to see how people are faring with ecups to use it.  I am happy with my Brother MFC-7820N.  MFC being multifunction and the N being network.  The printing is great, using the other functions don't work with OS/2 right now but for me that is not an issue.  They do work, via network, using windows under VPC.
Title: Re: What laser printer?
Post by: klipp on 2008.09.05, 17:48:44
Go to http://en.ecomstation.ru and click on Hardware, then Printers and you will see a pretty much up to date listing & comments of printers (Laser included) that work with Os2/eCs!
Title: Re: What laser printer?
Post by: Carlo_Warp on 2008.09.11, 16:03:39
Did you connect that printer to the pc through the USB cable? Which driver do you use under eCS? I ordered the same printer today.

Quote from: abwillis on 2008.09.05, 02:07:20
Essentially any postscript capable printer is good.  For non-postscript printers you would need to check to see how people are faring with ecups to use it.  I am happy with my Brother MFC-7820N.  MFC being multifunction and the N being network.  The printing is great, using the other functions don't work with OS/2 right now but for me that is not an issue.  They do work, via network, using windows under VPC.
Title: Re: What laser printer?
Post by: abwillis on 2008.09.11, 21:34:01
Quote from: Carlo_Warp on 2008.09.11, 16:03:39
Did you connect that printer to the pc through the USB cable? Which driver do you use under eCS? I ordered the same printer today.
I connected the printer to my router (builtin print server in printer) and print to it via the slpr port.
I used pin to update the pscript driver from the windows ppd file.
http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/wiki/AddPpdFiles