Gaspode (HP Color LaserJet 5550dtn)
gaspode was a gift from Hewlett Packard Corporation,
thanks to the efforts of Clinic Director Professor Mike Raugh and courtesy
of John
Meyer, the head of HP's “Hardcopy Technologies Lab”.
Drivers
Mac OS X
Support for this printer is included in Mac OS X.
Windows
Support for this printer is available from Microsoft for Windows 7. You can download drivers for Windows XP from HP.
Linux
gaspode is available on the math department's main
print server. Just choose gaspode in xpp or
specify -Pgaspode on the command line.
For you do-it-yourself types, look at the hplip or gutenprint packages for your distro.
Manufacturer's Site
The Name...
Gaspode is a particularly clever talking dog (he spent quite a while living next to Unseen University, and the magical atmosphere got to him), who turns up in many of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.
