[Suns-at-Home] What printer

[Rick Peerlings]

Fabio Miranda Hamburger wrote:
>>> 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.
> 
> 
> [snip]
> 
> 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 ?

If you use CUPS you can get the printer-specific PPD file at 
linuxprinting.org, so you can set these printer-specific options in the 
CUPS web interface.

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