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From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Subject: Re: Is it time to retire the scanner ?
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:53:34 +0200
Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:

> On FreeBSD, getting that printer to work in CUPS requires no big
> efforts, you don't even need the PPD file. You even don't _need_
> to use CUPS as you can print PS directly to the printer - no
> driver needed, only a printer spooler. And this hasn't changed
> in 10 years...
	`
	Probably not in the previous 10 years too (well it's almost 2017
and the LJ4000 came out in 1997), I know for sure that you could spool PS
to a Laserjet 4 with lpr/lpd under FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 because I did just that.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>