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Date:      Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:32:30 +0100
From:      Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xerox Phaser 6110 printer
Message-ID:  <200808121132.30219.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <48a0ffbe.2SfEWkLpqx%2BtfuCQ%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
References:  <200808111733.14834.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk> <48A0BBFF.9060503@oak-wood.co.uk> <48a0ffbe.2SfEWkLpqx%2BtfuCQ%perryh@pluto.rain.com>

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On Tuesday 12 August 2008, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote:

> > > Does anybody have a Xerox Phaser 6110 printer working with
> > > FreeBSD?
> >
> > I've never had any trouble with my 6120, but I guess the crucial
> > difference is the PostScript support in the 6120.
>
> The 6130 "just works" -- it internally supports lpr/lpd, not even
> needing CUPS -- but it, too, is PostScript.  I'd be very cautious
> about any printer that doesn't support PostScript or at least PCL,
> even one from a first-rate supplier like Xerox.

That's the problem, the 6120 and 6130 both talk Postscript and PCL but 
the 6110 only uses Samsung Printer Language. The splix port lists 13 
Xerox printers of which only the 3117 and 6100 are known to work, the 
rest are "Untested".

-- 
Mike Clarke



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