21. Printers/Plotters

All printers and plotters connected to the parallel or serial port should work. Alas, some manufacturers have created Windows 95 only printers. Check Appendix E for Linux incompatible hardware.

21.1. Ghostscript

Many Linux programs output PostScript files. Non-PostScript printers can emulate PostScript Level 2 using Ghostscript.

21.1.1. Ghostscript 5.1 supported printers

  • Apple Imagewriter

  • Apple Dot Matrix printer

  • Apple StyleWriter 2x00 (bjc600)

  • Brother HL-660 (ljet4)

  • C. Itoh M8510

  • Canon BubbleJet BJ10e, BJ20 (bj10e)

  • Canon BubbleJet BJ100, BJ200, BJC-210 (B/W only), BJC-240 (B/W only), BJC-250 (B/W only), BJC-70 (B/W only) (bj200)

  • Canon BubbleJet BJC-600, BJC-610, BJC-4000, BJC-4100 (B/W only), BJC-4200, BJC-4300, BJC-4400, BJC-4550, BJC-210, BJC-450, MultiPASS C2500, BJC-240, BJC-70 (bjc600)

  • Canon BubbleJet BJC-800, BJC-7000 (bjc800)

  • Canon Bubblejet BJC-610 (uniprint)

  • Canon LBP-8II, LIPS III

  • DEC LA50/70/75/75plus

  • DEC LN03, LJ250 (decl250)

  • Epson 9 pin, 24 pin, LQ series, AP3250

  • Epson Stylus Color/Color II/400/500/600/800 (stcolor)

  • Epson Stylus Color/Color II/500/600/800/1520 (uniprint)

  • Fujitsu 3400,2400,1200

  • HP 2563B

  • HP DesignJet 650C

  • HP DeskJet, Deskjet Plus (deskjet)

  • HP Deskjet 500, Deskjet Portable (djet500)

  • HP Deskjet 500C (cdeskjet)

  • HP Deskjet 550C (uniprint)

  • HP DeskJet 400/500C/520C/540C/690C/693C (cdj500)

  • HP DeskJet 550C/560C/600/660C/660Cse/682C/683C/693C/694C/695C/850/870Cse (cdj550)

  • HP DeskJet 850/855/870Cse/870Cxi/890C/672C/680/1100C (cdj850)

  • HP DeskJet 500C/510/520/5540C/693C printing black only (cdjmono)

  • HP DeskJet 600 (lj4dith)

  • HP DeskJet 600/870Cse, LaserJet 5/5L/6L (ljet4)

  • HP Deskjet 600/1200C/1600C (pjxl300)

  • HP Deskjet 500/500C/510/520/540/550C/560C/850C/855C and other PCL3 printers here

  • HP Deskjet 710, 720, 820 and 1000 series here

  • HP Paintjet (pjtest)

  • HP Paintjet XL (pjxltest)

  • HP PaintJet XL300 (pjxl300)

  • HP LaserJet/Plus/II/III/4/5/6

  • IBM 3853 Jetprinter color

  • IBM Proprinter

  • Imagen ImPress

  • Lexmark Optra E+ (ljet4)

  • Mitsubishi CP50 color

  • NEC P6/P6+/P60

  • NEC Pinwriter P2X (uniprint)

  • NEC SuperScript 860 (ljetplus)

  • Oki OL410ex LED (ljet4)

  • Okidata MicroLine 182

  • Ricoh 4081/6000 (r4081)

  • SPARCprinter

  • StarJet 48 inkjet printer

  • Tektronix 4693d color 2/4/8 bit

  • Tektronix 4695/4696 inkjet plotter

  • Xerox XES printers (2700, 3700, 4045, etc.)

21.1.2. Alpha, Beta drivers

  • Epson Stylus Color 440