From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 22 09:19:17 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 7C54216A404 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:19:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from smtp224.math.arizona.edu (smtp224.math.arizona.edu [128.196.224.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EE2813C4E7 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:19:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from Debian-exim by smtp224.math.arizona.edu with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JSU3b-00068L-5X for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:19:17 -0700 Received: from 71-220-154-220.tcsn.qwest.net ([71.220.154.220] helo=.domain.actdsltmp) by smtp224.math.arizona.edu with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JSU3V-000682-PD; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:18:57 -0700 Message-ID: <47BE937F.5090201@math.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:18:55 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070916) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ted Mittelstaedt , questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ACL-Warn: The HELO/EHLO greeting .domain.actdsltmp is invalid X-Outgoing-Spam-Score: -2.2 (--) 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 09:19:17 -0000 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" >