> > > > > Hello, > > > > I am looking at buying a new printer, and had my eyes on a HP DeskJet > > 710C, which I would definitely have bought if I only ran Windows. >
I wrote: > The 710C is a Windows printer. Someone hacked together a driver that > works very well for black and white for the 710, 720, 820 and 1000 > (which use very similar protocols), see http://www.httptech.com/ppa/. > Apparently there is an experimental color driver that is available if > you subscribe to the developers list. > > I got this printer partly beyond my control. If I had to choose a > printer, I would make sure there were good gs drivers for it available. Just in case anyone is interested. I looked again at it, and apparently the pnm2ppa driver that should supply color support for these printers is well on it's way to a productive state. I am going to test it soon. See http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=1322. Still I wouldn't really advocate buying this printer for linux as long as HP is effectively keeping the protocol it uses a secret. Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Eindhoven Univ. of Technology Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (SKA)
