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. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Place me on a BUFFER counter while you BELITTLE several BELLHOPS in the Trianon Room!! Let me one of your SUBSIDIARIES! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines