Yes, this is true. I have an HP LJ1200. When the parallel port crapped out the USB port worked fine using postscript. Peace, Allan Robert Heller wrote: > At Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:21:27 -0700 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > >> On 08/16/10 4:06 PM, Bob McConnell wrote: >>> Many of the low end HP laser printers have Postscript built in, so Linux >>> can talk directly to them. Otherwise, I use CUPS with Gutenprint to do >>> the translation. If you can stretch the budget, even the CP1518ni Color >>> Laserjet is often available for less then $300. After you factor in the >>> cost of ink vs. toner, the laser comes out costing less in the long run. >> USB printers are more likely to require special drivers. Ethernet >> printers less likely. > > Most USB *printers* use the USB 'printer' protocol. You would still > need a 'driver' (actually a PostScript => raster filter) for > non-Postscript printers (eg: inkjets). I would guess that USB *laser* > *PostScript* printers would use the USB printer protocol and would not > need a special 'driver' -- the Linux kernel knows how to talk to a USB > 'printer' device (HAL's hotplug code creats a /dev/usb/lpN device file > automagically). > >> However... Many campuses have restrictions on attaching ethernet >> devices, like the CSU campus my kid goes to, you have to register your >> laptop or PC by its MAC address, you can't connect a switch or anything >> else to the dorm ethernet jacks, just one PC/laptop per port (and they >> have one port per bunk in the dorms). Under these conditions, using an >> ethernet printer would be problematic, and require disconnecting the >> computer from the 'house' network, and plugging it directly into the >> printer, likely with a crossover cable, and reconfiguring the network, >> yada yada. blah! >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> >