Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 23:19:56 -0800 From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net> To: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <4C6FE88F-0046-11D7-B58B-003065715DA8@pursued-with.net> In-Reply-To: <20021125070856.GA20039@raggedclown.net>
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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
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