From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 29 01:01:38 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9E8016A402 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:01:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net) Received: from smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5B13313C448 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:01:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net) Received: (qmail 8429 invoked from network); 29 Mar 2007 01:01:37 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent; b=of5Pgh1gxz0LIF0AglqyhMepuXvtkLrFQ0WkRZRk3jpmbTkzMRTjvX3pJrtARZD25TjzYte378hemmFnnENgHV/oZ5Xx0xuIkY/VqpIkXh3PCw5iXaSdas76vcbN81BEOBmtT6qEb6ScpWZFO8W2mmqtcMpbPXxCsLGYrC+9cmI= ; Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (ajm91qw@sbcglobal.net@75.54.42.181 with plain) by smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Mar 2007 01:01:37 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: PvVk2QsVM1ni3jQPxbXnpwFeQM1hIrCR3NzbYVh_gqmhLC7sFtxlnl5NtjZIwN75jpMeAVTDNyjVAgZVTpnIpm.x46GAKyyiXPJOds2ogs0a0zqSfS4- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:19:47 -0500 From: ajm To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070328231947.GB786@powerfull.bsd> References: <20070328191720.d8ba40f0.lists@interpool.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070328191720.d8ba40f0.lists@interpool.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Subject: Re: HP OfficeJet OJ5610 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:01:38 -0000 On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 07:17:20PM -0400, Gerry Freymann wrote: > Hello list members! > > The last time I bought a new printer I had to right away as the old one > kicked the bucket and I had work related printed material I just had to > print out, so I picked up a cheap Lexmark from Canadian Tire which was on > sale. > > To this day the Lexmark is working great! Except since purchasing it, I > haven't been able to print directly to it from my FreeBSD machine because > it just isn't (or at least wasn't) supported. > > Today I see Staples has a HP OfficeJet OJ5610 Colour 4-in-1 printer on at > a reasonable price. It's all I need. Since I am soon due to replace both > of my print cartridges in the Lexmark, I figure I could just as easily > buy the HP printer instead, but I thought I would run this model by the > list members to see if it's compatible with FreeBSD, likely through CUPS? > > Anybody know off hand? > > Thanks! > > -gerry Try this site: http://openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi Just type in your printer info. and see how compatible it is. This is how I make my choice on the HP photosmart 7660 -- Alexander FreeBSD 6.0 i386