From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 27 23:58:58 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 694FE106566B for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:58:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 242F48FC18 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:58:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 431A6E8077F; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:58:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:58:57 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Robert Bonomi Message-ID: <20110727235857.GB16247@thought.org> References: <20110727201644.GA45122@thought.org> <201107272134.p6RLYAVK095786@mail.r-bonomi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201107272134.p6RLYAVK095786@mail.r-bonomi.com> Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 24++ years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printr? 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: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:58:58 -0000 On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 04:34:10PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: > Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:34:10 -0500 (CDT) > From: Robert Bonomi > Subject: Re: Printr? > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kline@thought.org > > > > Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:16:48 -0700 > > From: Gary Kline > > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > > Subject: Printr? > > > > > > folks, > > > > i sent a couple freebsd questions days ago and did not bcc myself. i > > never saw the post nor got any response. anyway, new one: is there > > any way of getting my 'brother HL-3040CN' color laser printr to work. i > > have mucked with it for >> 48 until i am ready to [[ dunno, really ]]. > > i guess return it and buy one that just works with cups. > > Advice: *READ* the specifications. Make sure the printer 'speaks' (or, at a > minimum 'emulaes') at at least _one_ "standard' page-layout language -- PCL, > or (*preferably*) Postscript. The HL-3040cn specs expressly _disclaim_ such, > to wit: > > "Emulation N/A(Host-Based only) > Resident Fonts > PCL N/A > BR-Script 3 (PostScript 3 language emulation) N/A" > > This _should_ have told you to "run away'. > > > > this 3040cn is seriously low-end, but if any of you have one Working, > > i'd seriously like to know what you did. i'm using whatever CUPS we've > > got with 7.3. > > > Odds are that you are SOL. > > The HL-3040CN is what is charitably called a "winprinter". That is, it > is a *dumb* imaging device that requires _everything_ be done on the > host computer, using a "vendor-provided" device driver. Brother provides > drivers for Windows, MacOS, and a CUPS-based driver executable for Linux. > > The odds of getting _that_ executable to work on FreeBSD are not good. > With a fulll Linux emulation environment, maybe. > tehere were zero specs on the costco page; and evvntually i dd found some download for lrp and cups for the 3040 on the brother site. bt yes, for linx only. it is going back on friday night. i have found an hp2025[x|n|dn] that looks goood since it has cups suppport. do you//any of you see anythn wrong with the hp2025X?? gary ps: i did read that the brother only wsorks with lighteight paper; another comlaint is that it goes thru toner very fast. ... -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 8.51a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org