That sounds very good - a printer that has an explicit pure B&W cartridge with black, gray, and light gray. This allows you to convert it to pure B&W operation without wild experiments with third-party cartridges, refill kits, tubes, syringes, open-heart surgery, and general anesthesia. It sounds like the right printer for me might finally be coming - something like the 7960 or 7660, but in a format for A3 prints. Until that becomes available, however, the 7660 with B&W cartridge could certainly be a good interim solution ...
Here's the original article.
[Inkjet-list] HP Inkjet Linux Driver 1.5 Release - Announcement of the HP inkjet printer driver for Linux
When I look at typical managers and marketing guys, I'd say: Yes!
At heise online news there's the original article.
Even better: Tivoli Model Three is the same device, but supplemented with an analog clock and an alarm function. Since my clock radio is slowly giving up the ghost after over 20 years of service, I'll probably get this one. The thing is simply and elegantly brilliant - a subtly illuminated analog clock, alarm function and the Tivoli Radio from the Model Two - so even prepared for a second speaker. It'll probably make a hole in my wallet, but I finally want to have a decent clock radio. At Ligne Claire you can find the original article.
Second p0st: Repairing MetaKit databases - Script for repairing MetaKit databases
The Museum of HP Calculators - Online museum of various HP pocket calculators
Wiki Calculators - Main.HomePage - Wiki for HP calculators - still somewhat sparse in content