From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 2 13:57:55 2012 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 37CBA1065670 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:57:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D45118FC12 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:57:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.14.4/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id q22DvrZV031141 ; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:57:53 +0100 (CET) X-Ids: 164 Received: from [192.168.1.10] (niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D9F0F20356; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:57:52 +0100 (CET) From: Michel Talon Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:57:51 +0100 Message-Id: <297511A5-2081-4367-AE6C-9D043371085C@lpthe.jussieu.fr> To: FreeBSD Questions Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) X-Miltered: at jchkmail.jussieu.fr with ID 4F50D1E1.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Enveloppe: 4F50D1E1.001/134.157.10.1/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "siefke_listen@web.de" Subject: Re: Brother Printer 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: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:57:55 -0000 On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:40:21 +1000 Da Rock wrote: > Are you sure its just a script? Any clue as to what shell it is using?=20= > Bash? I do believe there should be some binaries there somewhere as = well. Yes im sure. I have a ppd File, they linked to /usr/local/libexec/brlpdwrapperMFC730 and thats a shell scipt.=20 I just went to the Brother site and downloaded a cups driver from here. = It is not exactly the same as yours, it is for the MFC7320 but for sure there is a shell = script plus a binary. called brcupsconfig3, which is called in the shell script called = cupswrapperMFC7320-2.0.2. The binary is=20 niobe% file brcupsconfig3=20 brcupsconfig3: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), = dynamically linked (uses shared libs),=20 for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, not stripped So at best you can hope to run it with Linux emulation. Personally i = have an Epson dot printer and it is the same, the Linux driver contains binary blobs and cannot be = run under FreeBSD. If you want to avoid such problems the only solution is to buy a = printer with postscript or pdf support and direct network connection, that is an expensive one. = Here at the lab we are very happy with Xerox sublimation models (i think it is an evolution of the old = Tektronix phaser) for doing color prints. In particular the use costs are low, much lower = than with color laser printers, in par with black and white laser printers. But if you want to produce nice photographic prints, unfortunately you = have to rely on good epson dot printers or similar, which means FreeBSD is excluded, = unfortunately. -- Michel Talon talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr