Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 02:27:50 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>, FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Printer advice Message-ID: <20170514022750.c38d192f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB12009D4A1C86FD2DE4FC6755F6E30@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1705131813110.49571@tripel.monochrome.org> <VI1PR02MB12009D4A1C86FD2DE4FC6755F6E30@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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On Sat, 13 May 2017 23:49:07 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > Any recent HP printer should work well under FreeBSD. The printer > can be made to work with CUPS, and/or local printing and scanning > with hplip / sane-backends. To install everything in one go : pkg > install cups hplip sane-backends In case the printer understands PS, you usually don't need the device-specific drivers or filters. You don't even need CUPS. :-) But if you use CUPS, HP printers are quite well supported. Check at http://hplipopensource.com/ and verify the _exact_ model. It doesn't hurt if there is a PPD available. > Some printers which do not work with CUPS can be made to work > by deleting the CUPS queue and directly running the printer > under hplip. To setup hplip, use 'hp-setup'. In worst case, you can use a filter like e. g. foo2zjs and pipe its output directly into the printer device. You can automate this using the system's printing facility (lpr and printcap). But as I said, with HP printers this usually is not needed. > 2) 'scanimage -L' should list your scanner nicely, at least as root. HP printers' scanners are often well supported. You need to install and configure SANE, and then you can access the scanner via xscanimage, xsane, Gimp, LibreOffice, ... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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