Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:00:38 -0500 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MFC 7840W under CUPS Message-ID: <20120212100038.412369e7@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <4F37CBC2.7060609@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <fc3bb6c7b4bf770606b95d2514e8863a@mail.a4a.de> <20120211231729.d4ad2f8d.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120212083327.0a3b5c52@scorpio> <4F37CBC2.7060609@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:25:06 +1000 Da Rock articulated: > The biggest problem comes with using many interpreters of a single > language. Thankfully pcl works on the majority of printers (network), > and is practically a standard in the enterprise world, so you're > still not marooned with a paper weight :) Unless you're a printshop > and/or into graphic arts pcl will be more than sufficient for use. If > you are working in graphic arts then I doubt you'd be using a brother > or something that doesn't use pure ps anyway. You might want to check out: <http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting>. It appears that "ps" is no-longer the format of choice but is being replaced by PDF, a format that is natively supported by many printers. In addition, there is an active project creating a wrapper framework for the manufacturer's Windows/Mac OS X drivers, like the ndiswrapper for WLAN cards, which is something I suggested a long time ago. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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