On 12/05/2010 10:22 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Hi there, > > I´m thinking of replacing my ages-old HP LaserJet 1100 (PCL4, PCL5, 16 > MB RAM) with a with a very affordable yet fast Samung (model ML-1665 - > product info at > http://ho.io/samsunglasers ) A couple of years ago, I bought a Samsung CLP-510 at a big box store. The clinching factor was the Linux Compatible sticker on the side. > Samsung provides propietary, binary-only drivers for Linux at this location > http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/DR/201001/20100121132724343/UnifiedLinuxDriver_0.86.tar.gz What I got was a Samsung interface to the LPR-ng interface. I installed it without too much pain on FC5. I then upgraded to F8 and then to F10, now to F13. It still works pretty well, both locally and remotely. Of course, these drivers "pre-date" the newer "unified" driver. > However, they only mention Ubuntu, no word about Fedora. > > I´m not very happy to use binary-only drivers, because at some point > they might choose to discontinue them, or those binary drivers might > have dependencies that later cannot be fulfilled (say require an older > glibc version, older version of CUPS than present in future linux > version, etc etc). > > Anyone has more detailed info on what Page Description Language do > these Samsung printers use? Have you visited www.linuxprinting.org and searched that sight for your printer-to-be? It has lots of information on lots of printers, though much of that info may be "dated". (BTW, the entry for the ML-1665 only says: "Doorstop". Not promising.) > I´m more saddened about the lack of understanding by consumers in > general over the use of OPEN STANDARDS. PCL and PostScript are open > standards -there are Free Software as well as propietary I thought PCL was "owned" by HP, and PostScript by Adobe. > implementations of each-, yet, all that normal users seems to care > about is that a given device "has Linux drivers". Well, propietary > Linux drivers with closed protocols and languages are not very good > either. The device will become a paperweight as soon as the > manufacturer decides to kill it by not issuing any more linux driver > updates. Its tougher to kill business class printers than those intended for home use. Most lasers are business class printers. > So, any in-depth info about what page description language do these > Samsung ML-1665 printers use?. The Samsung web page is --of course-- > of no help. And, sadly, www.linuxprinting.org was not much help either.... > Here, the product description: > http://ho.io/samsunglasers > > FC -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
