From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 28 01:21:57 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 7CC22106564A for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:21:57 +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 5A0FC8FC12 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:21:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 43308E8077F; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:21:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:21:56 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Roland Smith Message-ID: <20110728012156.GC16247@thought.org> References: <20110727201644.GA45122@thought.org> <20110727225349.GA32824@slackbox.erewhon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110727225349.GA32824@slackbox.erewhon.net> 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 Mailing List 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: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:21:57 -0000 On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:53:49AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:53:49 +0200 > From: Roland Smith > Subject: Re: Printr? > To: Gary Kline > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 01:16:48PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > this 3040cn is seriously low-end, > > Avoid that low-end crap like the plague. Those are usually depend on the > driver to do all the processing work and chances of finding a FreeBSD driver > are essentially nonexistant. > > Preferably get a printer that understands PostScript. If not then at least PCL > or ESC2P. Look at the OpenPrinting.org database for a printer that works > "perfectly". thanks much for the datapoint! If I knew of a org site that has all the fax ["just the fax, ma'am"] i would be pleased beyond words. > > If you cannot afford a new one, look for a second-hand "professional" > printer. They are usually better quality. First or second generation color > laser printers will be quite bulky but they shouldn't be too expensive. IIRC, my first HP (1992-3) mono was $450; it llastd until '05 when I decidd on a laser. the ink was/is xtreme. the HL-5250DN was aound the same cost but only lasted six years. hope my new printer lasts at least 6 years. i found variants of the hp2025FOO. There is the 2025dn, the 2025x, and the 2025n. UNtil Robert mentioned it , i never thought of googling for an individual printer. there are a billion of them. bt i found it. and the ONLY difference i can see is __One__. the cheap one is the "n"; you have to by-hand set it to do duplex. the "dn" and the "x" have "automatic" duplex handling. interesting what just a litte hunting can tell you. Yeah, postscript, pcl 5 and 6. gary > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) -- 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