VVDQ : Is there hope for Lexmark??

[David Liguori]

beartooth wrote:
> In my innocence (That's polite for cluelessness, which is polite for plain
> stupidity.), when last a printer bit the dust, and I asked locally about
> replacements, I failed to specify linux. No, I don't need the lashes with
> the wet noodle: been there had those, and more.
> 
> I finally gave up on the Lexmark X1185 I had gotten, despite my sources'
> assurance of reliability, cheapness to run, etc. -- and condemned it to
> life with XP only. (It deserved it, imnsho.)
> 
> Today, wanting to know something, I connected my good hp1315v (which
> had finally replaced the lexmark for all serious purposes) temporarily to
> the XP machine (dedicated to GPS/topo-map/satellite pix use). And then, of
> course, back to linux. Hey, I'm not *that* stupid.
> 
> While I was at it, I tried the lexmark again, with my newly installed FC4,
> instead of whatever fedora I had despaired of before.
> 
> Marginal note: with good hardware, if the lexmark is, that's worth trying.
> The then new BenQ FP767 flat panel monitor was beyond me to use with early
> FC1; three months later, there was an entry for it in FC1's list of canned
> display choices -- and it worked happily.
> 
> But I've just tried comp.linux.hardware, linuxprinting.org's lexmark
> forum, and one or two other places -- with, of course, no joy -- yet.
> 
> Given that lexmark & co are unlikely to see the light soon, is anyone
> known to be working on a driver for such as the X1185, which might yet one
> day get incorporated into Fedora? 
> 
> (Garmin, making a very different sort of hardware, did see the light a
> while back -- while I wasn't looking, because I had given up in disgust.
> Maybe lexmark will yet -- especially if, as somebody said on this list the
> day before yesterday, Wall Street is embracing linux. They might have to
> start explaining to their bankers and directors why they weren't doing
> what was right ...)
 
For future reference, if you want to buy a printer that "just works" with Linux, your best bet is any kind of Postscript printer, even if there's no specific driver for it.
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David Liguori