Sunday, May 13. 2007
Making the switch... Again.
I keep making the switch. I haven't found THE operating system to solve all of my needs, but unfortunately, it pains me to switch back, to windows. I've been living a 99% windows-free life for about 8 months or so now. Administering a network, working with DVD/media, and wanting some basic gaming support has forced me back to Windows. OpenOffice is great, Wine is amazing, and the Linux OS has never been better. I continue to use SuSE Linux on all of my home MythTV boxes and at work on servers, but as a general-use workstation, I'll have to go back to Windows. I'll still host a virtual machine or two in various workstation settings, but alas, I've been defeated!
Living with an HP PSC 1350 on your network
I love the PSC 1350. It's low cost. It's multifunctional and has enough quality for my needs. If you have one on your network however, I feel your pain.
Making it work from Windows is a challenge to a network server. I've tried the Adobe PPD files mentioned in a previous post before and it works to a CUPS server, but not to a JetDirect, Airport Express, or other RAW print queue on port 9100. I read some others' posts about using the HP DeskJet 550C driver. That sounds great and is included everywhere, but it just wouldn't print. I finally found a post about using the DeskJet 3420 drivers and that worked.
FINALLY!
From Linux, the job was slightly easier due to PSC support via PPD files, mostly included with the various distributions. Mac OS X proved a bit harder. The old PPC version of OS X had sufficient support, but the updated driver package for the PSC just doesn't work "out-of-the-box". I suggest going to http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/hpijs, and getting the HPIJS driver packages for OS X.
Making it work from Windows is a challenge to a network server. I've tried the Adobe PPD files mentioned in a previous post before and it works to a CUPS server, but not to a JetDirect, Airport Express, or other RAW print queue on port 9100. I read some others' posts about using the HP DeskJet 550C driver. That sounds great and is included everywhere, but it just wouldn't print. I finally found a post about using the DeskJet 3420 drivers and that worked.
FINALLY!
From Linux, the job was slightly easier due to PSC support via PPD files, mostly included with the various distributions. Mac OS X proved a bit harder. The old PPC version of OS X had sufficient support, but the updated driver package for the PSC just doesn't work "out-of-the-box". I suggest going to http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/hpijs, and getting the HPIJS driver packages for OS X.
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