Linked by Gilboa Davara on Thu 30th Jun 2005 12:29 UTC
If you've heard about Linux and feel like giving it a go or if you want to try Linux but you're too afraid it'll shew up your computer, this article is for you. Read it, feel free to take what you need and ignore the rest. This is not a tutorial, it's a README-FIRST-like article. It should help you to take that first dive.
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Printing certainly isn't a weak part for me.
I have an HP psc 2210xi all in one printer and no matter what I do it just wont work on windows. I checked the compatibility list and 950 was the highest driver I could get, I downloaded the 160mb file from HP, I used the CD that came with the printer, I have turned on and off every service I can possibly think of that might interfere. I follow directions on control panel for how to install USB printers and it simply will not work on windows. I'm sure there is a way but look how much work its taken so far.
On fedora core 4 I ran system-config-printer and chose the exact driver and it immediatly made a printpage. End of config on linux.
I had similar experience with a HP PSC 2510, the installer would keep coming up with an error halfway through the install and then it wanted to remove everything it had installed and then reboot and start again. I ended up killing the installer when it came up with the error and it then at least had the printer driver installed, but no obvious option for the scanner and fax, but this was good enough, so I settled for that. I say this because doing the same thing might help you get it working as a printer.
Using Ubuntu, the printer was easy to setup and the scanner just worked, which surprised me as it was connected to the network and not directly to the computer. All in all linux gave me far less trouble than Windows did. Although it can be a different story with other printers, like a Lexmark Z35 that came with my Dad's Dell, that I never got to work even though it has linux drivers.