> ...but how would one print with a word processor written to look for the > printer on a printer port under the Ethernet suggestion below? > Karen > Not sure whether I understood you well. But on most systems, one use CUPS to manage printing stuff. You just have to add your ethernet printer to the printer list and then you can print from any application.
About open source drivers, in some countries, you can cancel a sale within a limited period of time at no cost. In others, you just have to state that the printer is not working on your system to get a refund. Why not just buy a printer, try the different drivers and see if it requires some binary blobs? With HP printers for instance, you can try hplib. If it is working, then you are not using binary blobs. If it says you need to run hp-setup, then you most likely need one of these. But even there, you can try other drivers (foomatic for instance) which could provide an alternative (free) driver for your printer... I have an HP printer which would have required to install HP blobs, but it works very well with foomatic (postscript): no blobs on my computer. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1343047523.32132.40.ca...@p76-nom-gd.cnrs-imn.fr
