Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 08:33:02 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AirPrint printer Message-ID: <53798bea-752e-409c-be66-349f68c32d19@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <d9ff35a0-7be0-40b3-9837-81c0ab033d97@netfence.it> References: <d9ff35a0-7be0-40b3-9837-81c0ab033d97@netfence.it>
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On 07/06/2024 07:56, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > Hello. > > I'm evaluating a Brother DCP-L2660DW printer/scanner. > On OpenPrinting it's deemed as a "Driverless printer" implementing the > AirPrint standard. > > My understanding is that CUPS will handle it natively without any hassle. > Is this correct? I don't have that particular model but I do have a Brother MFC-J4540DW AirPrint capable printer/scanner on wired ethernet and it worked with no hassles whatsoever. > Details: > _ the printer will be installed via LAN cable; > _ I'm not interested in sharing this printer to other devices via > CUPS/Samba/whatever as other devices will eventually connect directly to > the printer; All machines on my LAN see the printer directly but my wife's MacOS box also exports it automatically so both ways work should anyone need it. > _ it should support scanning via SMTP, so I won't need to manage > scanning from the clients. Not sure about this. Mine is a single sided scanner so I always do scans from the box next to the printer. -- Although not designed for computation, PIO is quite likely Turing complete, provided a long enough piece of tape can be found. It is conjectured that it could run DOOM, given a sufficiently high clock speed. — The Raspberry Pi Pico datasheet on its PIO capability.
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