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[hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database
From: |
Zenaan Harkness |
Subject: |
[hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database |
Date: |
Tue, 20 Jul 2004 06:50:44 +1000 |
On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 01:54, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> The recommended driver on linuxprinting.org is the one which makes the
> printer working best, it usually gives the highest output quality. As
> only free drivers are considered and as printer drivers are simply
> filters to convert PostScript or a standard bitmap image format to the
> printer's native language (no kernel drivers or so) they should work the
> same way on all systems and so the recommended one stays the same on
> GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris,
Thanks for this clarification Till - I hadn't realized that printer
driver's were so simple. This is the perfect example then, of a
kernel-neutral "driver".
I assume there must also be a dependency on lower level "traditional
kernel driver"s such as serial/ parallel interface driver, firewire or
USB driver, etc - and that these are not particularly kernel-agnostic :)
> ... But a driver recommendation can also
> depend on other things (best output quality, fastest, most user-settable
> options, ...), so the comment text should contain additional info if
> there are also other recommended drivers and why they are recommended.
> Having one especially recommended driver in a database field makes
> automated setup processes possible, so that even users who do not know
> what drivers are, get there printers or other hardware working.
Thanks for that.
cheers
zen
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, (continued)
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, James K. Lowden, 2004/07/25
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, Zenaan Harkness, 2004/07/25
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, James K. Lowden, 2004/07/26
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, Zenaan Harkness, 2004/07/26
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, James K. Lowden, 2004/07/26
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, Zenaan Harkness, 2004/07/26
- Re: [hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, James K. Lowden, 2004/07/27
[hfdb] Re: Grand Unified Hardware Database, Till Kamppeter, 2004/07/19