Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 19:50:54 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Paul Pathiakis <pathiaki2@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Printer advice Message-ID: <20170515195054.3a97b56ccbbb246888be2d24@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <4f51c091-0896-22f9-dbf4-6210dac45853@yahoo.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1705131813110.49571@tripel.monochrome.org> <E0.B4.25473.5EF08195@dnvrco-omsmta03> <20170514171907.180a99c2.freebsd@edvax.de> <9fabe602-3f0b-0241-0f49-fb0c0fb27268@bananmonarki.se> <4f51c091-0896-22f9-dbf4-6210dac45853@yahoo.com>
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On Mon, 15 May 2017 13:43:17 -0400 Paul Pathiakis via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Something I caution people about.... although the printers on > openprinting.org work for Linux, there are issues. Be careful to read > if any of them have additional 'linux' driver software... aka not being > completely open. They provide binary drivers (like some from Brother) > and cause issues. So far, HP has done well with HPLIP, but they really I got the Brother binary drivers working easily enough by running CUPS in a Centos userland in a jail. In theory they can be got to work in a FreeBSD install of CUPS but you have to get everything into place by hand and I never managed to get it right. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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