[H-GEN] Postscript Printers

[Jason Henry Parker]

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Paul Gearon <pag at PISoftware.com> writes:

> OK, so there are very few absolutes in the world [1], but of the several
> non-postscript printers I've set up with ghostscript, I've been REALLY
> happy with the results.

Yes, true.  I should mention the only printer I've used ghostscript
with was a nasty old dot matrix that didn't really give me any other
options.

The problem with ghostscript is that it's only software, and it plays
catch-up in a major way.  When I looked a few months ago, I simply
couldn't find a driver for the HP2500CM.  It is essentially a very
expensive printer that is not being used at even close to its full
potential.

Hell, *Windows* does a better job printing to it than Unix!

Inconceivable!

> that on *some* models anyway, this is a simple and affordable
> solution.

Yep, but I firmly believe printers are probably *the* worst sort of
hardware to deal with bar none[1].  I may be a sysadmin, but sometimes
I do enjoy a life free of unnecessary complication.

jason

[1] : I mean, come *on*.  When the kernel has a special message for
      `the device told me about an error but I'm not sure what it
      means' you *know* you are in trouble.
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