[ILUG] [OT] opinions on Xerox Phaser 6100 printer?

[Conor Daly]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 03:34:20PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Conor Daly thought:
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 01:37:11PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
> Chris Higgins thought:
> > 
> > I would go to 'www.linuxprinting.org', and start from there.
> > As it's propietary - personally I'd stay miles away from it.
> 
> > Xerox don't rate it on the linuxprinting.org vendor score card,
> > so I'd either mail them and tell them that availability of documentation
> > on the driver is essential for your decision - or go elsewhere.
> 
> interestingly, they do provide a linux driver but it still claims to
> support RH6.x ...  Somebody did report getting it to work with FC1 but
> only after trouble.  I'll write and ask for sources for the driver and see
> what I get as response.

Having spoken to a colleague, I've decided not to bother with writing to
them.  A company which chooses not to release an XP driver for a 4-year
old model despite the clamouring of owners is probably not going to bother
with sources for little ol' me...
 
> In the meantime, the HP 2550l looks good though without network or duplex.
> It speaks postscript so should Just Work (TM).  Now, I wonder will my old
> HP Jetdirect J2382 work fully with it?...

Now ordered...  Incidentally, dabs now charge only STG5 extra for shipping
to Ireland rather than their previous STG20...
 
Conor
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