[Leaplist] Multi Function HP Laserjet 3050

[Derek Konigsberg]

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Homer Whittaker wrote:
> This printer does just about everything, prints, scans, copies, wipes my 
> butt, in Windows.
> Is there anyway of making it play at least some of it's capabilities in 
> Ubuntu or any Linux?
> Homer Whittaker

And does it also resemble a small garbage can in physical appearance? :-)
(sorry, just had to say that, most of them seem to for some reason)

But more seriously, while probably not the answer you're looking for, I've 
chosen to take a very different approach towards printing.

I got myself a networkable laser printer that speaks PostScript.  (in my 
case, a Samsung CLP-550N)  The advantage of this is that you can make it 
work in ANY operating system, past, present, or future.  You don't need 
any weird special drivers at all.  In fact, the only "driver" you need is 
a platform-indepedent text file (PPD) that tells the OS what the printer 
can do.  (and as a home user, an office-grade laser printer lasts almost 
forever before you ever need to refill the toner)

For the scanner bit, I just have an older HP ScanJet hand-me-down, and its 
always worked just fine in Linux.

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Derek Konigsberg
octo at logicprobe.org
http://hecgeek.blogspot.com
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