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To: Bakul Shah <bakul@netcom.com>
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Subject: Re: printer recommendation? 
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>>> Bakul Shah said:
 > You should check out and post on comp.periphs.printer -- you
 > will be able to get more detailed answers from various
 > printer company folks + pointers to their URLs. c.p.p is
 > still reasonably sane and has a high S/N ratio (for a usenet
 > group).  Pretty much any printer with a parallel/serial port
 > will work with *BSD so if you want the best printer that
 > meets your criteria, ask on c.p.p. [My criteria?  PostScript
 > support, double sided printing, 1200dpi, PCL support, higher
 > speed, Color.  In that order]

Hmmm... 
I will do that a short FAQ on printer support will not be bad idea.
The FreeBSD handbook has a section on Printing so I would imagine
that printing, printer setup, and printer info should go in there.

In fact your message with a printcap for lets say something like
an HP DeskJet and the HP LaserJet postscript, how to print
text files and man pages using poscript will not be a bad idea.

Last but not least since we run Unix and have a different environment
than DOS it will not be a bad idea for someone to recommend a 
range of printers that are applicable to the FreeBSD environment.
Ethernet vs. parallel and for the case of lan based printers which
protocol do we support, if any.

And to those that responded to my plea for help, a million thanks!!

	Amancio