[conspire] (forw) Re: printer compatibility

[Rick Moen]

I hope everyone's aware of OpenPrinting?

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From: THOMAS R MOTLEY <janmotley7749 at msn.com>
To: rick at linuxmafia.com
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:10:33 -0700
X-Mailer: MSN 9
Subject: printer compatibility

Hello,

I have been helping a friend who has a new Linux operating system computer.  It sure is different than the regular windows system!  

My question is, what printers are compatible to this Linux system?

Thank you for your response.

Jan Motley
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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:53:05 -0700
From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
To: THOMAS R MOTLEY <janmotley7749 at msn.com>
Subject: Re: printer compatibility
Organization: Dis-

Quoting THOMAS R MOTLEY (janmotley7749 at msn.com):

> I have been helping a friend who has a new Linux operating system
> computer.  It sure is different than the regular windows system!  
> 
> My question is, what printers are compatible to this Linux system?
> 
> Thank you for your response.
> 
> Jan Motley

Hello, Jan.  In the future, please consult the public discussion forum
of a Linux user group in your area, as the process of asking and
answering Linux questions in a public, archived forum helps a large
number of people instead of just one.  You can find such groups via the
Linux User Group HOWTO on the Web:
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/User-Group-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1

Taking that approach, you will also find that you get more and better
answers.  Most often, writing directly to Linux users in private mail
will not get you useful responses (unless they know you, and have reason
to want to do you personal favours).

However, to help you out this time:  The best central resource for
information on Linux support for printers is
http://www.linuxprinting.org/ .  (That URL is now a redirect, so don't
be surprised when it takes you to a different URL.)

You'll want to browse the OpenPrinting Database.

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