Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:08:45 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Samsung SCX-4200 printer Message-ID: <20090106210845.GA88675@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20090105232354.GA85619@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <20090104221422.GA3114@pollux2.free.local.net> <20090105173635.575e32ff.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20090105164403.GE3756@trusted-logic.com> <20090105222623.GA52838@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20090105232354.GA85619@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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--h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 12:23:54AM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 11:26:23PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:44:03PM +0100, Erwan David wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:36:35PM CET, Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.in= golfsen@broadpark.no> said: > > > > On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:14:22 +0100 > > > > Harald Weis <hawei@free.fr> wrote: > > > >=20 > > > > > Is there a way to install the SCX-4200 printer on a FreeBSD box ? > > > > > The printer is delivered with the install software required for L= inux. > > > > > And CUPS does not seem to "know" it. > ... > > > It is not always sufficient. My Brother DCP-540 CN is said to work > > > perfectly, but only with brother binary linux drivers, under linux. I > > > did not find any way to make it work under freeBSD. > >=20 > > This should be a FAQ: do yourself a favor and get a printer that > > supports postscript. It will work with little effort with most > > UNIX-based program (because they usually support postscript output) and > > with most spoolers. >=20 > Actually, this is debatable. If everybody were following your > suggestion we wouldn't have support for a lot of devices (printers, > disk controllers, scanners, wireless and network devices, embedded > systems) that now do work with FreeBSD or other Open Source systems. There is actually one crucial difference between printers and the other classes of hardware you mention. Printers are usually driven by a kind of page/job description language (postscript, pcl, esc2p etc) whereas the others are not. So a printing system that generates e.g. postscript can work with scores of printers. IMHO it is actually a waste of resources to reverse engineer or write drivers for printer manufacturers that need to reinvent the wheel with every model. =20 > We are talking about a 70euro laser printer here While I agree that is not a lot of money, it is still a pretty expensive doorstop.=20 > it is not unreasonable to take a bit of a risk and try it out, and it > is also good for the community to have people willing to test new > hardware and report success or failure. That is true enough. But the OP didn't sound like someone who bought a printer to test it. I would not expect those people to need to ask for assistence on freebsd-questions. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkljyF0ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXvewCffLqPKvQs+Tl6XQXVDzz+tT5y pQ8An1WYPEJOYMMc6BcJqvAtS4qhHbFx =82dR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF--
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