From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 21 9:22: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx-a.qnet.com (mx-a.qnet.com [209.221.198.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5524437B4C5 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 09:22:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cello.qnet.com (root@cello.qnet.com [209.221.198.10]) by mx-a.qnet.com (8.9.1a/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA29037; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 09:21:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from STORK (56k-socal-03-16.dial.qnet.com [209.221.198.175]) by cello.qnet.com (8.9.0/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA23812; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 09:17:53 -0700 (PDT) From: "Heredity Choice" To: "Philipp Huber" , Subject: RE: Ink Jet Printing in FBSD??? Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 09:13:21 -0700 Message-ID: <000a01c03b79$d70737f0$afc6ddd1@STORK> 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 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <20001021123817.B243@tori.mini.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.5600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I also have a Lexmark 5700 printer and wrote to Lexmark asking how it can be used with FreeBSD. They said it is "host dependant," meaning it is a WINprinter that requires a driver which utilizes the computer's CPU and cannot be used under FreeBSD. This is true of all Lexmark inkjet printers but not the Lexmark Optra, which is a laser printer. I think the only way to print to a Lexmark 5700 from FreeBSD is through a Windows printserver. There are some Hewlett Packard inkjet printers, including all the older ones, which work with DOS, and will probably work with FreeBSD. A Macintosh printer might do well. You can also get some leads by searching on the Internet for "Linux printers." As for the Lexmark 5700, it can be used for a planter or a rather cumbersome paperweight. Paul Smith > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Philipp Huber > Sent: Saturday, 21 October, 2000 03:38 AM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Ink Jet Printing in FBSD??? > > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 06:03:55PM -0500, Mark Hummel wrote: > > I have a Lexmark 5700 inkjet printer. What port or ports do I need to > > install in order to use my printer? I've read the FAQ and even tried > > what the handbook describes, but I found out it only applies to line > > printers like dot matrixes and such. > > > > have a look at the ports ghostscript, apsfilter. you might also > want to try > gimp-print (for ghostscript, my epson 760 works perfectly with it). > http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net > > Philipp > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message