From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 21 11:40:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.tetronsoftware.com (ns1.tetronsoftware.com [64.217.1.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFB6537B4CF for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 11:40:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns1.tetronsoftware.com (ns1.tetronsoftware.com [64.217.1.41]) by ns1.tetronsoftware.com (8.11.0/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e9LIebl16879; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 13:40:37 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from zeus@tetronsoftware.com) Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 13:40:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Gene Harris To: Heredity Choice Cc: Philipp Huber , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Ink Jet Printing in FBSD??? In-Reply-To: <000a01c03b79$d70737f0$afc6ddd1@STORK> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am not so sure of your assertion. A quick check of the Lexmark web site says that the 5700 emulates PCL3 and that it can be used with DOS applications. They recommend that DOS applications use a DeskJet 500C driver to print to the printer. The printer also appears to be supported under OS/2. Gene On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Heredity Choice wrote: > I also have a Lexmark 5700 printer and wrote to Lexmark asking how it can be > used with FreeBSD. They said it is "host dependant," meaning it is a > WINprinter that requires a driver which utilizes the computer's CPU and > cannot be used under FreeBSD. This is true of all Lexmark inkjet printers > but not the Lexmark Optra, which is a laser printer. > > I think the only way to print to a Lexmark 5700 from FreeBSD is through a > Windows printserver. > > There are some Hewlett Packard inkjet printers, including all the older > ones, which work with DOS, and will probably work with FreeBSD. A Macintosh > printer might do well. You can also get some leads by searching on the > Internet for "Linux printers." As for the Lexmark 5700, it can be used for > a planter or a rather cumbersome paperweight. > > Paul Smith > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Philipp Huber > > Sent: Saturday, 21 October, 2000 03:38 AM > > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: Ink Jet Printing in FBSD??? > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 06:03:55PM -0500, Mark Hummel wrote: > > > I have a Lexmark 5700 inkjet printer. What port or ports do I need to > > > install in order to use my printer? I've read the FAQ and even tried > > > what the handbook describes, but I found out it only applies to line > > > printers like dot matrixes and such. > > > > > > > have a look at the ports ghostscript, apsfilter. you might also > > want to try > > gimp-print (for ghostscript, my epson 760 works perfectly with it). > > http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net > > > > Philipp > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Tetron Software, LLC http://www.tetronsoftware.com FreeBSD Apache PostgreSQL Oracle 8/8i Windows 95/98/NT Visual C Visual Basic To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message