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[Karolis Lyvens <karolisl AT gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 09:00:45AM +1000, Ron Clarke wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:18:51 +0000 (UTC)
> sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>     I will keep up the search, but both Epson and HP have told me that 
> "nobody" makes printers now that will print from DOS.  They have been quite 
> scornful of my questions, and my use of DOS. 

I myself am happy with my Samsung ML-1250 (monochrome laser printer
i bought 2 years ago). It came with DOS, Win95-XP, Mac and Linux
drivers. I'm not sure if you can find it easily nowadays, but i guess
that compatibility with wide range of OSes is worth it.

http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-ML-1250
> 
>     Arrogant fundamental orifices !!
> 
>     Does anybody on the list know of a current printer manufacturer that 
> does make a DOS-compatible printer ?  
>     What happens in developing countries, where older equipment is still 
> widely used ?
> 
> Regards,
>          Ron
> 
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