which ink-jet printers is Ghostscript compatible with?

[cdoerbec at cso.fmr.com (Christoph Doerbeck A242369)]

> > If nobody knows the answer to that question ... does anyone know where
> > I can get a decent refurbished HP DeskJet 500C, 550C, or 560C?
> 
> HP's printers all use a standard language called PCL... newer models may
> have newer PCL, but to the best of my knowledge they always include the
> features of older versions to maintain backwards compatibility.  If you
> buy a newer desk jet you will probably be able to use it with the older
> deskjet drivers... I have a 660C and it works fine.
> 

THIS IS INCORRECT!  Not to disagree, but the cheaper HP deskjets talk
a language called PPA (Printing Performance Architecture).  It's a
completely proprietary protocol which only HP implements and only
supports on WinBlows.  To me personally, this is an outrage esspecially
since HP has publicly anounced their embrace of Linux.

http://www.httptech.com/ppa/

- Christoph


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