From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 26 1:46:35 2002 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 6189E37B401 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 01:46:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-21.mail.nl.demon.net (post-21.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FA5F43F2A for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 01:46:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-21.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18GcIL-000DX8-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:46:17 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 4DE63BB0A for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:46:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id EEC371854 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:46:04 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 9FF0422596; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:46:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:46:05 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20021126094605.GA1137@raggedclown.net> References: <5.1.1.6.0.20021126172324.01efee98@mail.bigpond.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.0.20021126172324.01efee98@mail.bigpond.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 05:27:40PM +0930, Michael Ritchie wrote: > I'll back up the case against Lexmark. Many of their larger laser models > attempt to do both PCL and PS, as well as some other > languages. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have licensed the full PCL or > PS code, and their emulation isn't the best. Many pages (especially pages > with complex font varieties) will fail to render properly. > > Just a heads-up, from my experience with Lexmark printers ... of course, > I'd never use much other than a HP if I could help it. (Some of the larger > Canon models seem ok too) Die, Xerox, Die. > Panasonics are good if you like the smell of ozone in the morning. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message