From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 24 10:42:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from portnoy.lbl.gov (portnoy.lbl.gov [131.243.2.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89472157E3 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:42:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jin@portnoy.lbl.gov) Received: (from jin@localhost) by george.lbl.gov () id KAA08096; Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:42:04 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:42:04 -0800 (PST) From: Jin Guojun (FTG staff) Message-Id: <200001241842.KAA08096@george.lbl.gov> To: craig@ProGroup.COM, j.abercromby@pn.nettuno.it Subject: Re: Printer Support Cc: avi890k1@pn.nettuno.it, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, craig@ProGroup.COM stated: > > My gool ol Canon BJC-210 is finally starting to crap out on me and I > > need a new/or refurbished ink/bubblejet print for a cheap price (100-200 > > > > bucks) that will be supported under both linux and freebsd. > > I have been using the epson 600 (800 series is good to go too) for > graphics work on a freebsd server. Using ghostscript too. The printer > was about $179 at Fry's about a year ago. Should be pleny of these out > there, and they work great. The cartridges are expensive. > > > > > I do alot of stuff under LaTeX/TeX, postscript/ghostscript etc. etc. > > > > I read the Linux Hardware HOWTO/FreeBSD Handbook on printer support > > and they only really say to make sure that it will be supported by > > ghostscript etc. etc. > > Do a search on the epson printers and you should be able to track down > specifics for epson and ghostscript. I forget where I got my info, but I > think it was related to a ghostscript thread in one of the ghostscript > docos. To print postscript files on Canon BJC-210/240 series printers under FreeBSD, use gs in Ghostscript 5.10 or later with option "-sDEVICE=bjc800". -Jin . To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message