Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:18:55 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DJ500 dead after >= 16 years. Message-ID: <47BE937F.5090201@math.arizona.edu> In-Reply-To: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCCEGHCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCCEGHCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> -----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. > > I will actually try to do that as soon as I get my hands on one of those Brother printers and see if I can get it to work on FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Of course, I will definitely try to set up my wife's Photosmart C5250 with only using LPD:-) Thanks one more time Tad! Predrag > Ted > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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