RE: Opinion Sought

[Michael Loßin <phallobst@xxxxxx>]

On 13-Jan-02 John Seago wrote:
> I am a relative newcomer to computing, a newcomer to GNU/Linux, and a
> very 
> newcomer to Slackware, (Slackware 8).
> 
> I tried to get my HP710C to work with the version of Apsfilter
> installed in 
> Slackware 8, and failed. Being a newcomer I do not know why. 
> 
> I have downloaded the latest (7.2.1) version of Apsfilter, and the
> version 
> (6.52) of Ghostscript, and pnm2ppa. Would I be better off if I
> started 
> again with a new printer, and if so could you advise which HP printer
> would 
> co-operate with apsfilter 7.2.1 best? It is my birthday soon, so I
> might be 
> able to persuade my wife to get me a new printer.

Try  http://www.linuxprinting.org/  -- they have an extensive
coverage of printers, drivers, a "what to buy" guide etc.


Michael