From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 29 19:12:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0CBC16A47C for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:12:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from corinth.polands.org (CPE-72-129-222-120.new.res.rr.com [72.129.222.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5DCC43D8A for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:12:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from email.polands.org (ammon.polands.org [172.16.1.7]) by corinth.polands.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8TJCZKa008259; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:12:35 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from 209.103.215.99 (proxying for 209.103.215.99) (SquirrelMail authenticated user djp) by email.polands.org with HTTP; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:12:35 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <58353.209.103.215.99.1159557155.squirrel@email.polands.org> In-Reply-To: <20060929190305.GF818@siloamsprings.com> References: <20060929190305.GF818@siloamsprings.com> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:12:35 -0500 (CDT) From: "Doug Poland" To: "Christopher M. Hobbs" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/1950/Thu Sep 28 09:11:54 2006 on corinth.polands.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printer recommendation 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: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:12:53 -0000 On Fri, September 29, 2006 14:03, Christopher M. Hobbs wrote: > Could anyone recommend a good desktop laser jet printer that is known > to work under FreeBSD. I don't mind if it's an older model. I'd > like to go cheap with it. > I've got an HP-4050 LaserJet (addin JetDirect) at home that works great. At one office, I just installed an HP-1320 (duplexing/built-in JetDirect) and it works great too. I ran both of using postscript with lp but have recently switched to CUPS without issue. I've always purchased printers that speak postscript then configuration and usage is a snap. -- Regards, Doug