[Suns-at-Home] What printer

[Phillip Tong]

Charles Lindsey wrote:
> My Lexmark Z53 printer seems to hae expired.
> 
> What options have I got to attach to an Ultra 2?
>    That means:  Parallel interface
>                 Supported by Gimp-print
> Parallel interfaces seem to be increasingly rare these days, so is there 
> any way to get a USB interface on an Ultra-2; i.e. is there an Sbus 2 
> USB card available?
> 
> Or perhaps even an ethernet printer server?

Never seen a USB SBus card - although if one's out there, I'd be 
interested...

I'm not that versed in what's Gimp-print compatible (I'm guessing the 
majority of printers out there are one way or another?) but the 
[parallel/USB to] ethernet print server may be a better option, so long 
as it supports LPD (some out there - eg. some DLink ones - only support 
Windows systems).

I normally go for printers that have either PostScript or PCL 
compatibility (Epson compatibility was defacto once upon a time... and 
may still be useful!). Obviously GDI printers aren't that much useful on 
a *nix box (some work, most don't).

--Phil.