From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 22 08:52:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D88E716A403 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:52:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1F8813C47E for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:52:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDSK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m1M8qDE1055017; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:52:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Predrag Punosevac" , , Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:53:15 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 In-Reply-To: <47BD1BC7.4000609@math.arizona.edu> Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:52:15 -0800 (PST) Cc: Subject: RE: DJ500 dead after >= 16 years. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:52:15 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Predrag > Punosevac > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:36 PM > To: perryh@pluto.rain.com; questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: DJ500 dead after >= 16 years. > > > Predrag Punosevac wrote: > > perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > >>> Guys, I need some input about what kind of _new_ printer to buy > >>> for my desktops. I'd like to hang the printer off my FBSD box; > >>> my Ubuntu platform is probably too far away. At least 3 meters. > >>> > >> > >> A few months ago I got a Samsung ML-2571N for well under $100 at > >> Fry's. It is small, light, fast; has a built-in 10/100 network > >> port, handles PostScript, and speaks native lpr > > What is lpr? Usually printers speak Post Script or PCL printer command > > language in which case you need a driver. > > LPD, LPRng, and CUPS are different spooling systems. > > Did you attach the printer to a computer or is acting as a free > > standing printer server. > > > There is a lpr driver by Brother for Linux. Brother and Canon have > binary blob drivers. Did you use that driver may be? > Does anyone know if those binary blobs can be useful for anything on > FreeBSD. They appear to be wrappers for standard > Ghost Script drivers. They aren't wrappers. The binary drivers generally take the intermediate output from the Ghostscript ijs driver and convert it into whatever the printer understands. If the binary driver is statically built then it likely can be run by the linuxulator under FreeBSD. Most of the time the binary drivers are wrapped in an install script that sets all this up. Ted