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Date:      Mon, 03 May 1999 02:17:09 +0100
From:      Christopher Raven <c.raven@ukonline.co.uk>
To:        Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>
Cc:        noharas@mail.findlay.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: printer, EPSON Stylus color 850, CANON BJC-6000
Message-ID:  <372CF911.B2566CC1@ukonline.co.uk>
References:  <199905021111.AA90571012@mail.findlay.edu> <372C95D8.8AD33B3F@3-cities.com>

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I run an Epson 800 no problems here. I use the apsfilter <package> and
Ghostscript with as I say, no apparant problems - maybe a little bit
slower than windows at printing, but never locks or crashes with mega
printouts ;-)

rgds,

CR



Kent Stewart wrote:

> Shinichi Nohara wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> >  I want to buy a printer whether EPSON STYLUS COLOR 850 or
> > CANON BJC-6000. Can I use both of them on FreeBSD?
> >
> > suported printer language:
> >
> > EPSON Stylus Color 850
> > IBM X24E, Epson LQ, Epson ESC/P2, PostScipt2
> > http://www.epson.com/printer/inkjet/sty850/
>
> The way I read that web page they have Postscript 2 for Win9x/Mac OS.
> That means to me that the postscript is being done at the driver level
> in Windows and on the Mac but not at the hardware level on the
> printer. You need Postscript 2 hardware in your printer for *nix to
> use it.
>
> There is a LexMark Optra and the Xerox C20 that have Postscript 2
> hardware.
>
> Kent
>
> Kent
> >
> > CANON BJC-6000
> > I don't know.
> > http://www.ccsi.canon.com/goto.shtml?/bjc/index.html
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Shin N.
> >
> > --
> > shin@Findlay
> >
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> Kent Stewart
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>
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