[ale] Printer Tools?

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On 31 Jul 1999, Nomad the Wanderer wrote:

>I'm currenty using RedHat-6.0 and it's built in printer stuffs for my
>printer server.  

>Under dos/windows there was a util I could use to tell the printer to
>clean itself.  Is there anything similar for Linux?

Not to my knowledge... 

>Are there any packages out that will allow me to use my printer in 
>greater than 300x300 resolution without spending a week hacking
>drivers, etc?

Most of the drivers I've peeked at on lasers will let you do that; 
dunno about bubblejets... (hmmm, checks
/usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/printerdb and discovers all the hot 
goodies.... )  Yes, it will drive the Epsons at 1440x720dpi... etc..

-- Glenn
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you have to be a sneaky bastard too ;-)
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