[olug] Printers and Linux compatibility

[Brian Wiese]

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:30:54 -0600
"Craig Wolf" <CJWolf at mpsomaha.org> wrote:

|I have been asked for info to provide as part of a spec for
|multi-function printers coming into the district.  We want them to be
|"Linux Compatible", you know, to prepare for possible future
|transitions.  8<)  I am looking for opinions on now to phrase that. 
|Should I goto the level of "being compatible with CUPS and LPRng",
|should I just say that "it has to work with LSB compatible systems" or
|is there something else I am missing that would be better?  Anything
|would be helpful...
|
|Thanx to all in advance!
|
|
|Craig Wolf
|Linux Web Server Support
|Backup Supervisor
|Desktop/Network Specialist
|402-894-6283

So I guess my opinion would be ... does the manufacturer support
GNU/Linux?  I don't know that any of the printers can meet 'standards', or
if there is any 'standard' way to list printers for their support under a
"cups" "lsb" or some other measure.  Still looking to vendors I suppose. 
Do any other printer manufacturers openly support GNU/Linux?


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