From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 22:06:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CFEE1065670 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:06:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@simons-rock.edu) Received: from hedwig.simons-rock.edu (hedwig.simons-rock.edu [208.81.88.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E41C28FC20 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:06:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@simons-rock.edu) Received: from cesium.hyperfine.info (c2.8d.5646.static.theplanet.com [70.86.141.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hedwig.simons-rock.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 335EAED002; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 17:06:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 17:06:32 -0500 From: "Peter C. Lai" To: SDH Support Message-ID: <20090106220632.GU45538@cesium.hyperfine.info> 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> <20090106210845.GA88675@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <001401c97048$42bcde80$c8369b80$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001401c97048$42bcde80$c8369b80$@com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Samsung SCX-4200 printer X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:06:37 -0000 What language does this printer use? I am a big fan of the minimalistic BSD LPD/R, so I usually just whip up an output filter that cats everything (since just about every app natively prints as postscript these days [besides gimp-app I guess]) to ghostscript. Works for basically any printer with PCL or PS support (actually, with some of the the elcheapo PS imitations out there, usually PCL5/XL works better). To me, CUPS/Foomatic comes with some fancy PPDs and filters, but I think a lot of that is bloated since it does similar things under the hood but wrapped in more layers of magic... On 2009-01-06 04:46:40PM -0500, SDH Support wrote: > > > Is there a way to install the SCX-4200 printer on a FreeBSD box ? > > I would recommend googling this printer and determining its support on linux > first and then perhaps following the large amount of documentation with > installing CUPS for freebsd. I've gotten many different printers working on > my own. > > > > > --- > Kevin K. > Systems Administrator > www.webcanadahosting.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- =========================================================== Peter C. Lai | Bard College at Simon's Rock Systems Administrator | 84 Alford Rd. Information Technology Svcs. | Gt. Barrington, MA 01230 USA peter AT simons-rock.edu | (413) 528-7428 ===========================================================