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print system can convert PostScript jobs to the respective printer language with the
help of Ghostscript. This processing stage is referred to as interpreting. The best-
known languages are PCL, which is mostly used by HP printers and their clones,
and ESC/P, which is used by Epson printers. These printer languages are usually
supported by Linux and produce a decent print result. Linux may not be able to
address some functions of extremely new and fancy printers, because the open
source developers may still be working on these features. Except for HP developing
hpijs drivers, there are currently no printer manufacturers who develop Linux
drivers and make them available to Linux distributors under an open source license.
Most of these printers are in the medium price range.
Proprietary Printers (Also Called GDI Printers)
These printers do not support any of the common printer languages. They use their
own undocumented printer languages, which are subject to change when a new
edition of a model is released. Usually only Windows drivers are available for these
printers. See Section 23.9.1, "Printers without Standard Printer Language Support"
(page 455) for more information.
Before you buy a new printer, refer to the following sources to check how well the
printer you intend to buy is supported:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/
The LinuxPrinting.org printer database.
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
The Ghostscript Web page.
/usr/share/doc/packages/ghostscript/catalog.devices
List of included drivers.
The online databases always show the latest Linux support status. However, a Linux
distribution can only integrate the drivers available at production time. Accordingly, a
printer currently rated as "perfectly supported" may not have had this status when the
latest SUSE Linux Enterprise version was released. Thus, the databases may not neces-
sarily indicate the correct status, but only provide an approximation.
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