Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 14:35:21 -0400 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying for a duplex printer Message-ID: <4821F669.7080304@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <20080507173849.581fb50a@peedub.jennejohn.org> References: <48208A9C.8070305@chuckr.org> <20080507173849.581fb50a@peedub.jennejohn.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Tue, 06 May 2008 12:43:08 -0400 > Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> I have been scouring all the data I can, to find printers that do duplex >> printing (that means doublesided printing). I found 3 models, but two of them >> (the HP C7280 and the Canon PIXMA MX850) have no public drivers I can find. The >> third, which is the Epson RX680, seems to be supported via drivers from Avasys >> (http://avasys.jp/hp/menu000000900/hpg000000859.htm) called PIPS drivers, but >> while there is are ports for various versions of PIPS in the print dir of ports, >> and I can find that the Avasys site lists supporting the RX680, I have two problems: >> >> 1) I can't determine which (if any) of the PIPS ports support the RX680, and >> 2) right now, none of them build because of an error you get about a >> linuxwrapper not handling symbol versioning. >> >> Is there any way to rely on any FreeBSD port to be able to use the RX680 from >> Epson? >> > > I'm using a Kyocera FS-1030D (the 'D' means duplex). Yes, it works. > > It works just fine with CUPS. It could be that one of the printers > which you're looking at would also work with CUPS. > > What you need to find is a PPD file which describes your printer. Mine > uses Kyocera_FS-1030_en.ppd. > > There's a Linux-specific site which has these PPDs available, which is > pretty easy to find with google. > > --- > Gary Jennejohn -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIIfZpz62J6PPcoOkRAjI2AJ96uxdoX1ZhAimAFEotkeNTMU2FEwCgl8vB ps34akd9ZgHXwN0bjAM3Vf4= =tYlI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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