From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 23 18:48:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C47BD37B401 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 18:48:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (b4.ebbed1.client.atlantech.net [209.190.235.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E65C43E6E for ; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 18:48:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from localhost (faro [192.168.1.7]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA64542; Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:48:38 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:48:38 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill X-Sender: chris@localhost To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: FreeBSD List Subject: Re: Aging Apple LaserWriter In-Reply-To: <20021121225643.GC5116@raggedclown.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > I could not find what I want to know doing the ususal perusals. I > have the chance to pick up an aging Apple Laserwriter 16/600 that > supports PS2 .. I assume (hope) that this would work trouble-free on > FreeBSD. It has parallel port and ethernet connections. > > (I know you have to make provision for plain-text, but I am more > interested in using it to print larger PostScript files). > > Word on the street is that any PS printer should work on FBSD. > True ? I have never had any trouble printing to a Postscript printer from FreeBSD. Even for plain text, just send the text file via lpr, and it prints. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message