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HP PSC 500
 
Color inkjet printer, max. 600x1200 dpi, works Perfectly
Recommended Driver: hplip (Home page)
Generic Instructions: CUPS, no spooler
 

Miscellaneous

Printer supports direct text printing with the 'us-ascii' charset.

Comments

Multifunction device: printer/scanner/copier.

Uniprint driver "cdj550.upp" works very well, too. Max resolution is 300x300. The PCL modifications to allow "cdj550.upp" to print in 600x600 resolution don't work. 600dpi works in B&W, but not color. (If you get color to work, please post!) Other drivers that mostly work are "cdj670", "cdj1600", and "pcl3"/"hpdj" (Model=unspec, ColorMode=CMYK). Other PCL3 drivers may work.

To get all functionality of this printer working under Linux, especially also the non-printing features, like scamnning, printer status, maintenance, and photo download from memory cards, use the HPLIP driver package from HP.

Copying should just work, it does not need the PC.

Consumables/Refills: 2 cartridges - $30.00 each

Drivers

The following driver(s) are known to drive this printer:

Recommended driver:

 
hplip  (driver home page)
 
HP's driver suite for printers and multi-function devices
Supplier: Hewlett-Packard (this printer's manufacturer)
License: MIT/BSD/GPL (free software)
User support:HPLIP support and bug tracking system (voluntary)
Max. rendering resolution: 600x600dpi   Color output   Type: CUPS Raster
Text:||||||||||  100Graphics:||||||||||  100System Load:Unknown
Line Art:||||||||||  100Photo:||||||||||  100Speed:||||||||||  70
 

Other drivers:

 
cdj1600  (driver home page)
 
This driver is obsolete. Recommended replacement driver: hplip
This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD
 

 
cdj550.upp  (driver home page)
 
This driver is obsolete. Recommended replacement driver: gutenprint
Works well, except color printing is a little dark. Better than many other drivers, though--and uses less ink! Default is 300x300, but 600x600 can be made to work by patching driver.
This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript Uniprint
Download:PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD
 

 
cdj670  (driver home page)
 
This driver is obsolete. Recommended replacement driver: hplip
This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD
 

 
gimp-print  (driver home page)
 
This driver is obsolete. Recommended replacement driver: gutenprint
This driver is free software.
Type: CUPS Raster
 

 
gutenprint  (driver home page)
 
Top Quality Printer Drivers for inkjets, dye sublimation printers, and PCL lasers
Supplier: Gutenprint project
License: GPL (free software)
User support:Gutenprint mailing list at SourceForge (voluntary)
Color output   Type: CUPS Raster
Text:||||||||||  90Graphics:||||||||||  100System Load:Unknown
Line Art:||||||||||  90Photo:||||||||||  100Speed:||||||||||  60
Download:Driver packages: x86 32 bit: 5.2.7 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.2.7 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 5.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed), x86 64 bit: 5.2.7 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.2.7 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 5.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed) (How to install)
 

 
hpdj  (driver home page)
 
This driver is obsolete. Recommended replacement driver: pcl3
This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD
 

 
pcl3  (driver home page)
 
This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD