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On Sat, 24 May 2003 10:49, Brian Astill wrote:
> There is/was a listing of printers compatible with FBSD?
> Danged if I can find it!  :-(
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> Thanks.

Mostly what will work on any of the open unix like systems.
The problem is often just how to set it up. Many will need=20
ghostscript to translate from the normal postscript format
used for output by most unix applications. The GNU=20
ghostscript distribution with the stp device caters for high=20
performance (I believe) on a wider range of printers.

  http://www.linuxprinting.org/
is an excellent starting point.

Malcolm