From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 16 07:22:45 2011 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 2717B1065670 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:22:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E19B78FC13 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:22:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-180-180.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.180.180]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEE321E024; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:22:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id p5G7Mf8w006787; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:22:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:22:41 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Gary Kline Message-Id: <20110616092241.43827d00.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110616062806.GA5194@thought.org> References: <20110616062806.GA5194@thought.org> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: OT: printer, our cups port, and is-there-a-generic-laser? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:22:45 -0000 On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:28:08 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > is there a laser other than the brother {tm}? i mean, that the > members of this org would go for? Yes: Office printers, even used ones are fine. Pay attention that they have: - ethernet port - postscript - if not: PCL I'm using a HP Laserjet 4000 with duplex unit myself for many years now - HAPPILY, as I can honestly admit, and in the past, I've been using a HP Laserjet 4 attached to the parellel port. All those "old" printers work wonderfully using just system tools (lpr), as they speak PS, which is the default output format for printing from any UNIX application. If they don't speak PS or are slow processing it, use apsfilter from ports together with gs (Ghosescript) to make PCL from any input. You can do funny things like add "pretty printing" to any text input (e. g. LaTeX), or even issue "lpr picture.jpg" from the command line. Integration of the system tools to image processing or office software is no problem. Don't mess with USB and inkpee, it will cost you more in the final calculation. I also read that some of the brother printers are quite good, as well as Kyocera, but I don't have own experience with them, so I traditionally suggest getting a HP printer. Office printer. Used office printer. For cheap. Really. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...