[LINK] Linux printer installation not for newbies

[Danny Yee]

Frankly, printers are a nightmare regardless of operating system.
I did a survey once and the building I work in has printers from
more than a dozen different manufacturers, all of whom do things
differently.  Even with Windows, some vendors use the built-in Windows
printer management system, while some have their own installers.
And then there are all the different protocols for talking to printers,
and all the different print languages...

Our rule here is: get an ethernet capable printer that accepts
postscript.  Not that that guarantees anything, of course -- there are
printers out there with decidedly buggy postscript engines in them --
but it avoids the worst problems.

Danny.
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