[LINK] Linux printer installation not for newbies

[Saliya Wimalaratne]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 12:32:44PM +1000, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> Robin,
> 
> I *am* a newbie, but I have found a workaround for the HP2600n which may 
> help you.

The HP2600n isn't supported 'officially' because it uses an 
unsupported-under-linux printing protocol (ZJS) rather than
HP's staples of PS and PCL. 

If you want a printer to work directly from Linux, your best bet is 
still to refer to the 'supported' list and choose one that's on the list.
And to write to vendor-you-didn't-choose saying "I didn't buy printer
X because it is not supported under Linux". 

That being said, 'foo2hp' will allos you to print directly to this
printer - the instructions at http://foo2hp.rkkda.com/ will
get you off the ground with most distributions. 

Regards,

Saliya