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Date:      Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:04:36 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xerox Phaser 6110 printer
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.1.10.0808111252050.74762@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <200808111733.14834.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk>
References:  <200808111733.14834.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk>

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On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Mike Clarke wrote:

> Does anybody have a Xerox Phaser 6110 printer working with FreeBSD? My
> current inkjet is on it's last legs and the 6110 looks like a good deal
> at only 90 GBP for a colour laser. It's listed in the OpenPrinting
> database as working "mostly" but I'm not sure if that applies to
> FreeBSD as well as Unix and how good "mostly" is.

Printers with sole-source drivers like that make me nervous.  If the 
driver or certain features doen't work on your system, it doesn't leave 
a lot of options.

foo2qpdl doesn't appear to be in ports, but probably it'll build okay 
anyway.  If it were me, I'd make sure that builds and runs first, making 
a port of it.  Then test the output on a sample printer before buying.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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