From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 11 17:45:42 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 375271065675; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:45:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jontheil@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4C618FC0A; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:45:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwc9 with SMTP id 9so1580943qwc.13 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:45:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=9Nn1sr2vDG99/JT/R56d7d1KzNuNt2GqnJYKNqfcW/Q=; b=MGAU0z5dVQvLNRpgXv2039RbLohOivc9enkjiqWB9Pi8H7BrxHjEgK768iCzKuOAG/ Xv9JI/8WDLcUY/qUr0ha/K3dNXcPPGjaKPfu/P02eLpgt5XyvOMOr25y/XOt8NsRqPhK 5861h+IJnXm6J+EK3vIMcj75XmSoXsxSgy/PM= Received: by 10.229.46.82 with SMTP id i18mr7501422qcf.209.1313084741217; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:45:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.229.194 with HTTP; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:45:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <19F43D0E-3C65-468A-8359-ADDE98796334@tucu.net> References: <19F43D0E-3C65-468A-8359-ADDE98796334@tucu.net> From: Jon Theil Nielsen Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:45:11 +0200 Message-ID: To: Michael Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: User Questions , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MFP recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:45:42 -0000 2011/8/11 Michael > > On Aug 11, 2011, at 2:51 AM, Jon Theil Nielsen wrote: > > > 2011/8/10 Jon Theil Nielsen > > > > Since my main goal is to be able to print over the network via my FreeBSD > > station, I could put in another way: > > Can I expect that printers known to be supported by HPLIP ( > > http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html) > actually > > work in FreeBSD? And would one of the HP models by a "safe" choice? > > > > Regards, > > Jon Theil Nielsen > > Hi, > > If you buy something like an Lexmark X543, you'll get all the features you > want and it connects directly to your LAN. It speaks IPP and LPR which will > work great with FreeBSD. It also speaks fluent MS Windows, Bonjour, > Appletalk, etc. It's a little more expensive and larger than the HP you're > looking at but you'll end up saving money over time using toner rather than > ink. > > Michael > > Hi Michael, Thank you very much for your suggestion. It seems like a very nice printer. And I actually like the idea of a laser compared to inkjet. But for now, both the physical size and the price are too much. So I have too keep looking for another FreeBSD compatible solution (though it mostly - and certainly for scanning purposes - will be used with Windows). Regards, Jon