From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 10:32:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2B36106568D for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:32:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk) Received: from ptb-relay01.plus.net (ptb-relay01.plus.net [212.159.14.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 962408FC08 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:32:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk) Received: from [84.92.153.232] (helo=curlew.milibyte.co.uk) by ptb-relay01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1KSrB0-0008G8-KF for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:32:30 +0100 Received: by curlew.milibyte.co.uk with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KSrB0-000154-8t for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:32:30 +0100 From: Mike Clarke To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:32:30 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200808111733.14834.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk> <48A0BBFF.9060503@oak-wood.co.uk> <48a0ffbe.2SfEWkLpqx+tfuCQ%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <48a0ffbe.2SfEWkLpqx+tfuCQ%perryh@pluto.rain.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808121132.30219.jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk> X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: jmc-freebsd@milibyte.co.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on curlew.milibyte.co.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Plusnet-Relay: e066ab6900e337b966ec099ec3d094a4 Subject: Re: Xerox Phaser 6110 printer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:32:32 -0000 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