From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 11 09:52:08 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A9AE106566C; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:52:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jontheil@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f175.google.com (mail-qy0-f175.google.com [209.85.216.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AB388FC14; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:52:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk4 with SMTP id 4so3673297qyk.13 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:52:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=vUOjbx5OHfrZrc1isUl4V32ewqadcTM7sHRUyyFKM5k=; b=hUcYW2d7HrQ/r2jm3HKY6jKBP1375BAu6s2ZPbptWQaXV3HCDfIBu0RkkdT6GmkxXs uoxX2GxqhOOflRlDOzIiTUwiniHZDqkwTJ821iTUQG+U4agE+/SvbRSh+1t/phwyLUXp GYsuvfetl+xZwatAm7vk0J71U7ib+EkoWSu2M= Received: by 10.229.43.147 with SMTP id w19mr7143431qce.171.1313056327148; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:52:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.229.194 with HTTP; Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:51:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Jon Theil Nielsen Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:51:36 +0200 Message-ID: To: freebsd-hardware , User Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: MFP recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:52:08 -0000 2011/8/10 Jon Theil Nielsen > Hi list, > > I want to buy another printer to use mainly with Windows. Even though I > have no good feelings about those devises, that claims to be able to do > everything I need. Even though, I need a better scanner with ADF and duplex > printing (it need to be able to connect wirelessly to my Windows stations). > So my question is if I can find such a thing, that I can connect to my > FreeBSD server too. And if you can recommend a specific model. > I have been looking at a lot of models, but I can't figure out if any of > them would be able to work through FreeBSD, cups etc. Examples: > HP Officejet Pro 8500A (CM755A) > HP Photosmart Premium Fax e-All-in-One (CQ521B) > Canon PIXMA MX885 > Epson... > Brother... > In the first place, I may have to connect it via USB or ehternet. If it > could be connected by my wireless adapter (Linksys WUSB600N), it would be > nice > > Best regards, > Jon Theil Nielsen > Since my main goal is to be able to print over the network via my FreeBSD station, I could put in another way: Can I expect that printers known to be supported by HPLIP ( http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html) actually work in FreeBSD? And would one of the HP models by a "safe" choice? Regards, Jon Theil Nielsen