Printer Survey - Feb 2000

In February 2000 we asked RISC OS users to let us know what printers they were using (and/or would like to use) so that we could ensure that we channel our development efforts into useful areas. We had an overwhelming response, and the distilled results are included below.

SurveyList	The results from the survey, in text form. Note that: The results here are a 'cutdown' version of the full results we have gathered; peoples names and addresses have been removed to avoid any privacy issues. Any comments attached to each record are purely those of the individual that sent the report in. RISCOS Ltd does not endorse any opinions expressed therein. If on reading the survey results you feel how have spotted an omission or error, then please see the feedback section below for how to contact us.

Feedback

While the response to the last request for information was overwhelming (and we are very grateful that people took the time to respond) processing the information sent in was made much harder than it might have been by people either not sending in all the information, not sending accurate information, not sending it in the format requested, or omitting the information entirely in favour of stories about their cat.

To this end, we would ask people to take the extra couple of minutes to ensure that any feedback they send us conforms to the following simple rules:

• If you know of a printer that works under RISC OS that is not in the list, then please let us know what type it is, with a mail in the following format:

  Manufacturer: [name of manufacturer]
  Model:        [model of printer]
  PDF:          [Exact filename of the PDF you are using]
  Originator:   [Where you got the PDF]
  Status:       [Copyright/Freeware/Your Own Work/Unknown etc]
  Comments:     [Any comments you may have about this Printer with this PDF]
  
  

  If the PDF is one you have modified yourself and you are happy to see us distribute it (with an accreditation) then please feel free to send us a copy.

  If the PDF is one you have produced and you are merely interested in informing the world that such a PDF exists (and hence getting some free advertising) then please send the mail in, but do not include the PDF. We will include it in a future release of the list.

• If your printer is listed, but you use a different PDF, then we would be interested to know about it only if your PDF is better in some way (i.e. its free, it gets the paper margins right, has higher resolutions, removes unusable graphics modes etc). If this is the case, then please let us know by sending a mail in the following format:

  Manufacturer: [name of manufacturer]
  Model:        [model of printer]
  PDF:          [Exact filename of the PDF you are using]
  Originator:   [Where you got the PDF]
  Status:       [Copyright/Freeware/Your Own Work/Unknown etc]
  Improvements: [Why your PDF is better]
  Comments:     [Any comments you may have about this Printer with this PDF]
  
  

  If the PDF is one you have modified yourself and you are happy to see us distribute it (with an accreditation) then please feel free to send us a copy.

  If the PDF is one you have produced and you are merely interested in informing the world that such a PDF exists (and hence getting some free advertising) then please send the mail in, but do not include the PDF. We will include it in a future release of the list.

• If your printer is listed, and you know of problems with it that aren't mentioned, then please download the latest !Printers and the latest set of printer definitions and try it again. If the problems still occur, then its possible that noone has informed us of these problems; please send us a mail in the following format:

  Manufacturer: [name of manufacturer]
  Model:        [model of printer]
  PDF:          [Exact filename of the PDF you are using]
  Originator:   [Where you got the PDF]
  Status:       [Copyright/Freeware/Your Own Work/Unknown etc]
  Comments:     [Any comments you may have about this Printer with this PDF]