From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 28 13:09:15 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 D2721106564A for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:09:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 986488FC15 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:09:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-103-124.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.103.124]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D0711DEFA; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:09:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id p6SD9CMt002150; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:09:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:09:12 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Gary Kline Message-Id: <20110728150912.3ce0b3f1.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110727235857.GB16247@thought.org> References: <20110727201644.GA45122@thought.org> <201107272134.p6RLYAVK095786@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20110727235857.GB16247@thought.org> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printr? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:09:15 -0000 On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:58:57 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > 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, if you CAN, make a checklist, and read it as "the more the better": [ ] printer has PCL [ ] printer has Postscript [ ] printer has network (often "N" suffix in name) Make sure _at least one_ can be checked. You should be fine then. There are _no_ other things that are _important_ if you want a good printer that ACTUALLY works. PS is the native output format for printing, so there is no need for CUPS (except "relaying" the data to the printer), and system's basic lp* tools are fully sufficient. PCL can be generated from PS by a single-line call to gs (the Ghostscript interpreter from ports). And if it has network, you can more easily access it - no need to put it directly next to the PC, and you can share the printer with other users in your house. The better HP models even have their own "lpr subsystem" built in, so the printing queue is "in the printer" and can be manipulated by the lp* tools "in the printer" instead of locally in the computer. Do not try to "save money" by cheap CRAP offers. If you have the chance, get a printer designed for office use. It will pay. I promise. :-) > ps: i did read that the brother only wsorks with lighteight > paper; another comlaint is that it goes thru toner very > fast. ... Oh god! Those are indications that it must be a real crappy consumer-targeted "printer" (quotes intended!). You should not waste money or time on such nonsense. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...