From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 14 20:56:09 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 EDAA91065674 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:56:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com (mail-qy0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0B1F8FC0A for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:56:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk4 with SMTP id 4so2347943qyk.13 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:56:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.69.177 with SMTP id f17mr27881vdu.150.1316033768065; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:56:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-076-182-105-057.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.105.57]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e7sm3577032vdh.25.2011.09.14.13.56.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:56:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3RzZsd4ZjRz2CG54 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:56:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:56:05 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110914165605.32679c68@scorpio> In-Reply-To: References: <20110914145631.56603a09@scorpio> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Brother MFC-8890DW printer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:56:10 -0000 On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:35:35 -0400 Alejandro Imass articulated: > On the other hand, Brother seems to be quite Linux friendly: > > http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html I have visited that link previously. There are several examples of how to install the various linux drivers for several operating systems. Sadly, though not surprisingly, FreeBSD is not an included OS. If I actually do purchase the device, I think I will be able to get it working with the info provided. Then again, on rare occasions, I have been known to be wrong. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net Life sucks, but death doesn't put out at all. Thomas J. Kopp