Chapter 6: Gutenbird

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Setting Up and Using Your Printer

Unless the only thing you use your computer for is playing games, listening to MP3s, or stopping doors on hot, windy days, you will no doubt want to hook up your machine to a printer. It just seems to be one of those innate characteristics of human beings that makes us want to see our words in print. If print you must, and print you want, then print you shall . . .

Is My Printer Supported?

Setting up a printer to work with your new system is a pretty easy task, but you do have to make sure that your printer is supported. Fortunately, it seems that printer support in the Linux world is getting much, much better than it once was. In general, support for Epson and Hewlett-Packard inkjet printers is pretty good, while support for other makers and other printer types is a bit spottier.

If you really want to make sure whether or not your printer is supported (and why wouldn’t you?), the best thing to do is probably to go to www.linuxprinting.org. On that site, you can check out the online database to see if your printer is currently supported and, if so, to what degree. Listings for supported printers also include information on what drivers are best for your purposes. If you’re thinking of buying a printer, there is also a page of suggested makes and models.



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Linux for Non-Geeks. A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow Guidebook
Linux for Non-Geeks: A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow Guidebook
ISBN: 1593270348
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 188

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