From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 31 19:20:52 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4CA4106564A for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:20:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lino@unitedpeople.net) Received: from mta-13.siol.net (mta-13.siol.net [193.189.160.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2715B8FC08 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:20:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-7.siol.net ([10.10.10.108]) by mta-13.siol.net with ESMTP id <20120331192045.STGW21468.mta-13.siol.net@mail-7.siol.net>; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:20:45 +0200 Received: from gate.unitedpeople.net ([109.182.141.208]) by mail-7.siol.net with ESMTP id <20120331192045.LFKE18331.mail-7.siol.net@gate.unitedpeople.net>; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:20:45 +0200 Received: from [192.168.0.149] (tp.unitedpeople.net [192.168.0.149]) by gate.unitedpeople.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q2VJKf2i022245; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:20:42 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lino@unitedpeople.net) Message-ID: <4F775909.8090301@unitedpeople.net> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:20:41 +0200 From: Lino Miklav User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120221 Thunderbird/10.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Peter A. Giessel" References: <4F75D37C.2020203@lovetemple.net> <2E2ED820-21EA-4025-A4AA-A4CA76C01E29@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <2E2ED820-21EA-4025-A4AA-A4CA76C01E29@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=sFIuSk0YAHMCDFtMxm5MJOHoinLf/9djr2YM5nM0ePA= c=1 sm=0 a=0WghQSSgRgQA:10 a=Uh-h5KfwVtYA:10 a=ZBKmg0BGpY8A:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=j4AfjSv2jDYPV5lfo8wA:9 a=AbcVJ9mbNgjU6Y2LTfkA:7 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=HpAAvcLHHh0Zw7uRqdWCyQ==:117 Cc: Karel Miklav , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printer recommendation please 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: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:20:52 -0000 On 31.03.2012 00:16, Peter A. Giessel wrote: > On 2012, Mar 30, at 11:17, Warren Block wrote: >> It should work with FreeBSD, certainly for text. For graphics >> output, Gutenprint doesn't have a setting specifically for the >> 6500, but one of the similar printers probably will work. Don't >> expect photo quality, color lasers have to do halftones. I've requested a test printout, but they claim their 600 x 600 x 16 technology gives similar results than 1200 dpi inkjets. > It doesn't surprise me that Gutenprint doesn't have a setting > specifically for the 6500 because Xerox provides one: Uf, I have this idea to only use LPD and filters. > I have a Phaser 6300 (older model), and it has worked well for every > OS that I have thrown at it, including Mac, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, > iOS, etc. > > Echoing others, get a real postscript printer, get a real network printer > (not USB), and get a laser printer (although Thermal Wax would also be > acceptable). Just got an incredible deal, Xerox Phaser 6280V DN with toners for 2000+ pages for 362 EUR. That's exactly the price I've paid for ink in the last five years. I think I'll go with this one. Regards and thanks to everyone who chimed in with a piece of good advice. Karel