Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 13:29:13 -0500 (CDT) From: Jerry Dunham <jdunham@fc.net> To: trevor@jpj.net (Trevor Johnson) Cc: kstewart@3-cities.com (Kent Stewart), Heiner.Goette@web.de (Heiner [G_tte]), questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 720C Message-ID: <200005211829.NAA84620@freeside.fc.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.21.0005211330290.17060-100000@blues.jpj.net> from Trevor Johnson at "May 21, 2000 01:31:57 pm"
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Trevor Johnson babbled: > Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 13:31:57 -0400 (EDT) > From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> > >> is it possible to use the HP Deskjet 720C with freebsd? > > > > It is one of the early winprinters. There is a project around the 722c > > on Linux and if it is going to work, this is the way it will be > > accomplished. See > > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/show_printer.cgi?recnum=61536 > $ cat /usr/ports/print/pbm2ppa/pkg/DESCR > This software creates output using the PPA (printer performance > architecture) protocol. This protocol is used by some HP "Windows-only" > printers, including the HP Deskjet 820C series, the HP DeskJet 720 series, > and the HP DeskJet 1000 series. It has been tested on all three printers, > but your personal experience (positive or negative) is very much > appreciated! How does one tell when shopping for used printers which ones are winprinters and which ones are real printers? Is there a list available somewhere? My recollection is that the last time I checked freebsd.org there was a list of some known workable printers, but that left a lot of the DeskJets as basically unknown. I'm looking back at the handbook as I type this, and now I can't even find that much, so perhaps I just imagined it. -- Jerry Dunham FreeBSD Atarian ordinaire jdunham@fc.net jerry@dunham.org (512)335-0674 (H) E Pluribus Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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