From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 27 13:12: 9 2002 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 C91BC37B401 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:12:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.hitmedia.com (mail.hitmedia.com [205.162.11.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3F0D443EBE for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:12:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd@hitmedia.com) Received: (qmail 14446 invoked by uid 0); 27 Nov 2002 21:12:03 -0000 Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:12:03 -0800 From: BSD baby To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20021127131203.A29995@mail.hitmedia.com> References: <20021124194520.A24648@mail.hitmedia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20021124194520.A24648@mail.hitmedia.com>; from bsd@hitmedia.com on Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 07:45:20PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG THANKS to everyone for all the help. I got an HP LaserJet 1200 PostScript ready printer for $375 USD. Installed /usr/ports/print/apsfilter Answered some basic setup questions - and it works great! If you use apsfilter, you don't even need to do the basic /etc/printcap settings from the FreeBSD manual. It creates it for you. THIS WORKS GREAT: lpr SomeAcrobatFile.pdf Voila. Way easier than I expected. > Any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? > > I'm finally going to get a printer for my FreeBSD devbox this week. > > Are they all pretty much FreeBSD-compatible? > or is there some spec I need to look for? > > I assume parallel port is still the way to go > or is USB really ready on FreeBSD? > > Main thing I want to do is print PDF files, in batches. > (Send a directory of 300 different PDF files to the printer at once.) > > Are there any command-line tools to do that? > or do you need an X11 Adobe Acrobat app? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message