From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 24 23:19:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 864F137B401 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 23:19:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from pursued-with.net (adsl-66-125-9-242.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [66.125.9.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04CD343EB3 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 23:19:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net) Received: from pursued-with.net (fffinch [192.168.168.101]) by pursued-with.net (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gAP7JfAF041529; Sun, 24 Nov 2002 23:19:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 23:19:56 -0800 Subject: Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v548) Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG To: Cliff Sarginson From: Kevin Stevens In-Reply-To: <20021125070856.GA20039@raggedclown.net> Message-Id: <4C6FE88F-0046-11D7-B58B-003065715DA8@pursued-with.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.548) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 23:08 US/Pacific, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:19:31PM -0600, David Kelly wrote: >> On Sunday 24 November 2002 09:45 pm, BSD baby wrote: >>> Any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? >>> >>> I'm finally going to get a printer for my FreeBSD devbox this week. >>> >>> Are they all pretty much FreeBSD-compatible? >>> or is there some spec I need to look for? >>> >>> I assume parallel port is still the way to go >>> or is USB really ready on FreeBSD? >> >> The most painless way to print within FreeBSD is with a Postscript >> printer which speaks lpd protocol on ethernet. >> > Sadly this is quite an expensive way. If you can find one on eBay or somewhere, look into a Lexmark Optra Color 40 (or 45). Nice color inkjet printer, WITH Postscript. It comes with a fighting 2MB of memory, but add a 32 or 64MB SIMM and you're good to go; prints great from FreeBSD, WinXP, and Mac OS X. I've loved mine for two years, and recently acquired another NIB that I might, MIGHT be talked out of. Better yet, go find your own - should be less than $100. Recommended. KeS BTW, I was recently looking to see what else is out there, and the best I came up with is an HP 2280 at $450. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message