From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 6 7: 5:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from qikus.speednet.com.au (qikus.speednet.com.au [202.135.188.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18698151AA for ; Tue, 6 Apr 1999 07:05:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shuzza@qd.com.au) Received: from bshurey-98 (cyber-64.speednet.com.au [202.135.188.113]) by qikus.speednet.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id AAA11613; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 00:03:12 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990406235845.00797cd0@qd.com.au> X-Sender: shuzza@qd.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 23:58:45 +1000 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ben Shurey Subject: Re: Lexmark 5700 Printer not working Cc: ewiley@vt.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The Lexmark 5700 printer is a host based printer. Meaning it will only work with an Operating system providing the manufacturer has made drivers for it. The current available drivers are Windows 9x, Windows NT4 and OS/2. This is not a postscript printer so it won't work in FreeBSD. Suggestions: Check with the manufacturer before purchasing a printer or any other hardware if it will work in non Windows environments and if so, just how much support do they offer. Demand the manufacturer stop making Windows only hardware! It's probably a better idea to check with the manufacturer if they support the system you are using before asking for assistance from a mailing list that most likely knows less about your printer than you do! Cheers Ben To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message