From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 27 14:17:20 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 354E91065672 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:17:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthias.andree@gmx.de) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 982EF8FC1E for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:17:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 27 Jan 2011 14:17:17 -0000 Received: from f055150220.adsl.alicedsl.de (EHLO baloo.cs.uni-paderborn.de) [78.55.150.220] by mail.gmx.net (mp059) with SMTP; 27 Jan 2011 15:17:17 +0100 X-Authenticated: #428038 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19jAmNr8JZjmt2KMoK7D26dZODJLDFZX9KOS7uw2J ueaXYxEhDP9d0i Received: from [127.0.0.1] by baloo.cs.uni-paderborn.de with esmtp (Exim 4.70) (envelope-from ) id LFOQCQ-0005Y4-O0 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:17:14 +0100 Message-ID: <4D417E6A.3060001@gmx.de> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:17:14 +0100 From: Matthias Andree User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; de; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <20110127132005.0b6ae2b8.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110127132005.0b6ae2b8.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: Very Important Note on HP LaserJet P1102 on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:17:20 -0000 Am 27.01.2011 13:20, schrieb Polytropon: > On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:24:51 -0200, "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" wrote: >> From my own experience, you will probably achieve much better results >> from HP printers if you choose the network-enabled models (those whose >> names have a "n" or "w" suffix), not the host-based ones. > > I can just encourage ANYONE who wants easy printing, be it > at home or in the office, to STAY AWAY from USB printers. USB isn't discriminating crap printers from the good ones. Read the specs, check how much memory a printer has, how expensive consumables are (drum/toner kit, possible waste vessels, fuser if any) if it understands command languages such as PCL-XL or PostScript. I use a few LaserJets and OfficeJets non-networked (aka USB) connection and things just work, however, all these talk PCL and/or PostScript, no GDI stuff. > Networking printers give you much more flexibility and > advantages, and even if their price tag is different from > what you might know from the consumer crap shelf in the > local store, they are worth their money. True enough, but "network" isn't useful to tell the crap from the good ones because it doesn't say anything if the printer uses the host to render the pages, or can do that by itself. > for home use. I'm using a HLP Laserjet 4000 duplex > myself here at home for some years now, and it works > PERFECTLY since first try - an experience NOT common > to "modern" printers. If you have sufficient room to set it up... :) -- Matthias Andree