From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 5 23:47:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FED616A4D0; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 23:47:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2A1E43D31; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 23:47:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i95NqV6M024279; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:52:31 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id i95NqVuO024278; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:52:31 -0700 Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:52:31 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: ALeine Message-ID: <20041005235231.GA22772@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <200410051641.i95GfWkC043851@marlena.vvi.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jI8keyz6grp/JLjh" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200410051641.i95GfWkC043851@marlena.vvi.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multifunction printer/scanner/copier recommendation needed X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 23:47:30 -0000 --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:41:32AM -0700, ALeine wrote: > brooks@one-eyed-alien.net wrote:=20 >=20 > > Just so no one gets screwed, the Cacon multifunction devices are > > entierly different beasts from the regular printers. I can't > > find the refrence at the moment, but I looked at them when I was > > shopping for a new multifunction printer and they were rated as > > paperweights. :-( >=20 > Could this be what you're referring to? >=20 > http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi?make=3DCanon >=20 > That site seems dated as newer models like the MP360 are not even > listed. Besides, about 80 % of the Canon printers which are listed > there have been marked to indicate that some information for those > printers has not been verified. The suggested printers section also > seems to be quite dated and, in that sense, misleading. > > IMHO, there are too many conflicting reviews to really trust any > one such source, but I do tend to trust first-hand experience of > users more than any other source. No, I found a site that was explicit about it. I just can't seem to find it now. Somewhere there's a listing of multifunction devices. The fact that "Canon multifunction products are not supported in Mac OS X" is all Canon has to say about anything other then Windows is a pretty good hint as to what they think of unix. :-( -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBYzO+XY6L6fI4GtQRAnXkAKC05EqQz5uTXWRWndRyQ4jWKU1rjACcDnFB I0U/izZ8Vx2WfVcOXgZzor4= =uiuF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jI8keyz6grp/JLjh--