Well, Roberto, one day several years ago I needed ...

2009-04-28T17:57:00.000+01:00

Well, Roberto, one day several years ago I needed to print some documents and I didn't have a printer. I was going to get a cheap black and white laser, but when I got to the shop, there was this printer. It had been opened by a previous customer, which knocked down the price even further.

All I needed to do was print some black and white documents. This printer could and did perform well at this task. It was only when I had to share the thing that the problems started.

As for how long I spent on it: it took me maybe 50 minutes last night playing around with CUPS before I gave up on it, but apart from that, the foo2hp driver compiled and worked pretty much from the get go (maybe 15 minutes), and I wrote my print spooler script in about 20 minutes before grabbing lunch.

I probably spent more time writing the blog post than I did on work that actually got the printer going! In any case, it was interesting, and I'm happy that I got things working. Overcoming obstacles can sometimes be more rewarding than plain sailing...

Roberto Azzimonti wrote (to my email address): t...

2009-04-28T17:51:00.000+01:00

Roberto Azzimonti wrote (to my email address):

thanks for this interesting blog, we also found some of our clients had to
update or downgrade the printer driver in order to work properly (especially
HP laser printers).

I can't post a comment to your blog as the word verification does not
display.

Anyway I was wondering although it's an interesting article normally in the
real word I buy reliable printers in the first place just to avoid these
kind of problems.

You saved some money upfront but how much time did you then put into this
printer to make it work the way you wanted?

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