[Suns-at-Home] What printer

[Fabio Miranda Hamburger]

>> 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
>> 
>> At home we have a LaserJet 1010, which has only USB, but the 1015 is the
>> same printer with USB+parallel. But this is a black & white laser
>> printer, probably not what you are looking for.
>> 
>>> 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?
>>> 
>
> Thanks to the many people who replied, both on and off list.
>
> Really, I am after an inkjet rather than a laser, but nobody seems to do an 
> inkjet that will connect directly to an ethernet - i.e. with a builtin print 
> server. It that correct?
>
> Looking at print servers, the odd thing seems to be is that very few of them 
> actually provide a USB interface (which is odd, because nearly all printers 
> available now have USB-only). In fact, the only two that seem to be around 
> are the Jetdirect 175x and the D-Link DP-301U.

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Another thread: is it possible to use a USB printer, let's say a HP 
deskject 3550, run Solaris 10 and set the ink intensity usage ?

I mean, on Windows, you can set ink usage for draft, "best", "photo" 
quality using the HP's driver for the printer.

Specific question: Is it possible to configure the printer on Solaris 10 
for draft print and save ink ?

Thanks,

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Fabio Andrs Miranda
Ingenieria en sistemas informaticos
Universidad Latina - Costa Rica
http://ns.isi.ulatina.ac.cr/~fabmirha