From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 25 19:40:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0431A37B423 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 19:40:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: (qmail 90530 invoked by uid 100); 26 Apr 2001 02:40:28 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15079.35484.355047.558553@guru.mired.org> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:40:28 -0500 To: "David Leimbach" Cc: "Francois Kritzinger" , Subject: Re: Re: Printer part 2 In-Reply-To: <200104260234.TAA24144@gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net> References: <200104260234.TAA24144@gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net> X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG CUPS won't help - it doesn't include printer drivers, just description files. Ok, I take that back - the *commercial* version might include drivers. If you manage to get a printer that isn't supported on DOS or Windows NT 4.0 to work with CUPS, please let me know ASAP so I can fix the FAQ entry that was just committed on this subject. types: > try CUPS. > Common Unix Printing System. > > Lots of drivers > >---- Original Message --- > >From: Mike Meyer > >To: Francois Kritzinger > >Cc: questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Re: Printer part 2 > > > > > >Francois Kritzinger types: > >> --------------5D3A9CC54E9B0C1740F665C7 > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >Please just send one copy - in plain text - of things to questions. > > > >> freeBSD 4.2 release > >> HP Deskjet 710C ( works in Windows, thus not broken :) ) > > > >It looks like you've got a WinPrinter. Such printers are broken and > >will not work with FreeBSD, even though they work in Windows. > > > >I found the evidence at >http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/cposupport/get_doc.pl?SNI=dj710c&LC=printers&Tfile=bpd05492 > >>, which says that the 710C is a host-based or PPA printer. It can't > >be used in DOS or Windows NT 4.0, either. > > > >Other printers in this series are the 710C, 720C, 820C and 1000C. > > > > >-- > >Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > >Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message