From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 12 15:00:44 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09AB4106566B for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:00:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD2678FC17 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:00:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnk5 with SMTP id k5so2674884ggn.13 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:00:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.236.175.164 with SMTP id z24mr16078680yhl.84.1329058841022; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:00:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 24sm29254439ant.15.2012.02.12.07.00.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:00:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3TmCqp5ch3z2CG44 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:00:38 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:00:38 -0500 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20120212100038.412369e7@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <4F37CBC2.7060609@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <20120211231729.d4ad2f8d.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120212083327.0a3b5c52@scorpio> <4F37CBC2.7060609@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkeSmkBpIrHl/DbqsI9vp3LivTDOI9Qu47KShK5UvDz0+D+liA+6n5eLYAVZICn8EP2iyMo Subject: Re: MFC 7840W under CUPS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:00:44 -0000 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: . 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. __________________________________________________________________