[GLLUG] Laser printers, or buying your next enemy...

Clay Dowling clay at lazarusid.com
Wed Jun 6 15:29:21 EDT 2012


On 6/6/12 3:26 PM, Bert W. Carrier Jr. wrote:
> Next, I bought a HP laserjet 4250dtn.   So far, so good.   My question
> is this:  is the proper driver for Ubuntu linux the postscript driver
> or the Foomatic?    What's a Foomatic anyway?
If Postscript is an option, Postscript is always the right answer. 
Foomatic is just a set of scripts for picking the right set of
parameters  and filters to make your printer work.  Usually works, but
not as reliable as other methods.

Clay


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