[olug] Printers and Linux compatibility

Mike Hostetler thehaas at binary.net
Wed Jan 22 20:09:47 UTC 2003


On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 01:30:54PM -0600, Craig Wolf 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...

I would look at http://www.linuxprinting.org/ and decide what will work
best.  The Foomatic has saved me many hours of work.

And I'd say "CUPS compatiable" is your best phrase to use when writing
your requirements

-- mikeh




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