From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 27 00:01:39 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6F0016A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:01:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpq1.home.nl (smtpq1.home.nl [213.51.128.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23FFA43D31 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:01:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danny@ricin.com) Received: from [213.51.128.134] (port=59719 helo=smtp3.home.nl) by smtpq1.home.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DFLDl-0001Gl-Iy; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 01:01:37 +0100 Received: from cp464173-a.dbsch1.nb.home.nl ([84.27.215.228]:54934 helo=desktop.homenet) by smtp3.home.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DFLDk-0008F7-NH; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 01:01:36 +0100 From: Danny Pansters To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 01:01:45 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200503191329.j2JDTi9J091703@spoon.beta.com> <200503270053.19198.danny@ricin.com> In-Reply-To: <200503270053.19198.danny@ricin.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200503270101.45737.danny@ricin.com> X-AtHome-MailScanner-Information: Please contact support@home.nl for more information X-AtHome-MailScanner: Found to be clean cc: "Brian J. McGovern" Subject: Re: Recommendations for "All-in-One" device? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:01:39 -0000 s/gphoto/sane/ Duh :) On Sunday 27 March 2005 00:53, Danny Pansters wrote: > On Saturday 19 March 2005 13:29, Brian J. McGovern wrote: > > I'm currently in the market for an "All-in-One" device for the home > > network, mostly for the fax functionality (it'll be replacing an Canon > > scanner and Okidata 810e laser printer). Before anyone suggests their > > favorite FreeBSD Fax modem/app, I'll let it be known that I've been told > > that the expectation is that we'll have a "normal" looking/working fax > > machine for the house ;) > > > > I've searched the mailing lists for "All-in-One", and tried searches on > > printers, scanners, copiers, and faxes individually with no real good > > hits. > > > > I'm somewhat curious about the HPs, but wanted to get people's > > experiences with different devices, and what works/doesn't work with > > FreeBSD. > > A bit late, but I remembered seeing this question when I was just about to > start setting up our Officejet replacement: a HP photosmart 2610 > all-in-one. > > We're using it as a network printer/scanner now, it's not connected through > USB to one box but it can be. It has stand alone fax and scan/copy > capability. Setup was easy: Install the hpoj and hpijs ports, and cups and > sane. I used the cups web interface (and the info provided with hpoj or > from linuxprinting) to set it up (as a client this time, not as a server > which it was before when the old OfficeJet was connected to this box with a > parralel cable). Url/Device is a socket: without hpoj/hpijs, with hpoj its > a ptal device. In the Driver section you should be able to pick your HP > model. That should be all. > > With KDE I can now print to it (as network printer via ptal), scan from it > with Kooka (via ptal via gphoto), and I'm sure faxing will also work. > Stand-alone you can just use the flatbed scanner for input, and the printer > tray for output. > > This is an inkjet, with laserjet printing you may not need or want hpijs > but I think you probably would anyway. It looks like an officejet only > smaller and a bit slicker. It also supports CF and other cards (from > cameras), the ptal driver (and the windows version) should present those as > local scsi disks, but I haven't really sorted that out yet. The > printing/scanning quality is great. The hpijs and hpoj come from HP BTW. > > The thing cost us ~ 340 Euro's, which would be ~ 450 USD. I wanted a > network capable printer (it has its own console but also a web interface), > it's just easier to use in a network. If it lasts as long as the officejet > (I think ~ 7 years) its worth the buck I guess. > > HTH, > > Dan