Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 01:15:46 -0800 From: BSD baby <bsd@hitmedia.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20021125011546.A1623@mail.hitmedia.com> In-Reply-To: <F50qGWEnEltXIObpw7m0001e2e9@hotmail.com>; from ljfong@hotmail.com on Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:11:24PM -0800 References: <F50qGWEnEltXIObpw7m0001e2e9@hotmail.com>
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> And, the most important of all, check the hardware compatibility list of > printers suitable for FreeBSD. Ah! That's what I was looking for! Saw no mention of it in the FreeBSD Handbook or the "hardware compatibility" link from freebsd.org I did find this: http://www.linuxprinting.org/suggested.html Seems the HP Laserjet 1200 would be good for me, since it's Postscript-ready. > >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? > > > >Main thing I want to do is print PDF files, in batches. > >(Send a directory of 300 different PDF files to the printer at once.) > > > >Are there any command-line tools to do that? > >or do you need an X11 Adobe Acrobat app? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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