From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 11 19:04:37 2008 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 64A881065671 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:04:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20CF58FC0C for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:04:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7BJ4aMv074852; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:04:36 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m7BJ4adU074849; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:04:36 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:04:36 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Mike Clarke In-Reply-To: <200808111733.14834.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk> Message-ID: References: <200808111733.14834.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (BSF 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:04:36 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xerox Phaser 6110 printer 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: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:04:37 -0000 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