HP Laserjet 1020

[Joe Chasan]

On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 01:55:02PM -0500, Scott Walker wrote:
> Anybody successfully use this low priced laser with fp.  I have a
> customer asking me about it and it appears to me to cost about $100.
> They want to hook them up to their pc's to do remote printing from the
> Linux server but in reading the specs it sounds to me that this might be
> one of those "windows" only printers.  The specs state that several
> windows operating systems are supported and don't say anything about
> PCL-5 support so I'm doubtful.  Any advice appreciated.

the page at http://www.shopping.hp.com/shopping/pdf/q5911a.pdf
does say host-based printing, so yes - its mostly windows only - usually
this is a bad sign for PCL compatibility.

when in doubt, i usually consult linuxprinting.org and per the docs at:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1020
some printing looks possible, but needs some hacking.
 
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