On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 09:51:47 +0500, sherlock@vsnl.com sherlock@vsnl.com wrote:
If it says windows only avoid it like the plague. Most likely the printer will have several "features" provided only by the closed driver, which will give u a problem a yr or so later. The reason: HP will disclose hardware details under a very onerous NDA, which no sane person will sign let alone a FOSS developer. Cases in point winmodems, several canon and hp printers, flash disks, graphic display cards etc. However there have been a few cases that are the opposite, where the gnu.linux version is vastly superior eg. epson printers using gimp drivers. However hardware details for such devices have been freely available.
rgds jtd
Thanks for the reply. Can anyone recommend a laser printer in the same price range (below 10k) that is known to work well with Linux?
Thanks in advance,
Sujeet