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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!csulb.edu!mdiaz From: mdiaz@csulb.edu (Melvin Diaz) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HP 855/850 verses Cannon 610e Followup-To: comp.periphs.printers,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 3 Oct 1995 20:43:37 GMT Organization: Cal State Long Beach Lines: 32 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <44s79p$8ik@garuda.csulb.edu> References: <44ji2c$e8b@news.iag.net> <TT.95Sep30212545@tarzan.jyu.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: heart.engr.csulb.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.periphs.printers:25768 comp.os.linux.misc:62757 comp.os.linux.hardware:17197 comp.os.linux.setup:22545 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:6792 My brand new BJC-610 runs BEAUTIFULLY with it's Microsoft Windows Printing System driver and Windows 95. The printer driver shows the estimated time of completion for the current document being printed, and the printer doesn't stop printing when I go on to other applications (I'm currently using Hyperterminal while printing out a full-page Mona Lisa). Tapani Tarvainen (tt@tarzan.jyu.fi) wrote: : In article <44ji2c$e8b@news.iag.net> larry@seminole.iag.net (Larry Snyder) writes: : >I'm considering a Inkjet printer - and can't decide between : >the HP855/850 or the Cannon 610e. I use Windows95, FreeBSD : >and Linux. Which are specifcally support and not supported : >under Linux/FreeBSD? : I don't know about the Canon but the HP 85xC isn't presently : well supported in any of those three. Win95 support has been : promised by HP at mid-October, for now 550C drivers work but : lose most of its advanced abilities. For Linux/FreeBSD you'd : want a GhostScript driver for it which isn't available either, : although again 550C driver will work but... : I'd expect a proper GS driver for the 85x to appear sooner : or later, but it isn't helped any by the apparent lack of : any kind of Technical Reference for the thing! : -- : Tapani Tarvainen -- mdiaz@engr.csulb.edu