Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 23:37:00 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1012455420.8b21c0@mired.org> To: Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Canon BJC-1000 Message-ID: <15442.16508.192099.626294@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020126025724.2341.qmail@web13408.mail.yahoo.com> References: <15442.3320.475484.557084@guru.mired.org> <20020126025724.2341.qmail@web13408.mail.yahoo.com>
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[Context recovered from top posting.] Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com> types: > --- Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1012442232.52dcda@mired.org> > > Someone just gave me a Canon BJC-1000, and I'm hoping that someone > > here has experience with that creature and FreeBSD. In particular, > > I saw a bunch of commits to the port tree of softtware that did > > photo-quality rendering with various printers, but can't seem to > > find any of that software now. Can I get reasonable color prints out > > of the thing with FreeBSD, or should I use it as ballast? > The url below has some driver info for the Canon > BJC-1000. The website is geared towards Linux; but > I'm under the impression that printing issues are > pretty much the same for FreeBSD and Linux. (Please > correct me if I'm mistaken.) > > http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=139017 Yes, printing issues are pretty much the same. That told me which drivers to use for this printer, and checking the ghostscript ports shows that it already includes a couple of the appropriate drivers, if I turn them on. Thanks, <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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