Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:42:22 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Gerry Freymann <lists@interpool.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lexmark X1100 printer Message-ID: <20050224174222.GB75956@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNAEIAFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <20050223212639.6403ed9d.lists@interpool.ca> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNAEIAFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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--ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 11:05:24PM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >=20 >=20 > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Gerry Freymann > > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 6:27 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Lexmark X1100 printer > > > > > > I had to replace my trusty old HP930C and went out and > > purchased a cheap > > Lexmark X1185. > > >=20 > Wrong thing to do. HP is well supported under open source > operating systems, Lexmark isn't. Indeed. Do yourself a favour, and do some research *before* you buy a printer. For the most part it depends on the "language" that the printer speaks. As a rule, any printer that understands postscript will work without much trouble. Printers that speak PCL (most, but not all HP printers) or ESC2P (Epson) work well. Avoid so-called winprinters like the plague. They offload most processing to the host processor (your CPU) using a Windows-only binary driver. Some of those drivers have been reverse-engineered, but I'd advise you not to go there. Setting them up is always complicated. Check on linxprinting.org to see if the printer you have in mind will be able to work. The lexmark 1185 is not listed, which is not a good sign. The lexmark 1100 (assuming the 1185 is related) is listed as "partially working", which is also not encouraging. Roland --=20 R.F. Smith /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign r s m i t h @ x s 4 a l l . n l \ / No HTML/RTF in e-mail http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ X No Word docs in e-mail public key: http://www.keyserver.net / \ Respect for open standards --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCHhH+EnfvsMMhpyURAhgaAJwPf/fLIjsV/galfy9H9joZ08EEjACgl9xO JD9Log06dninugeLKvrcmcs= =YXRS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq--
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