Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 01:01:45 +0000 From: Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Brian J. McGovern" <mcgovern@beta.com> Subject: Re: Recommendations for "All-in-One" device? Message-ID: <200503270101.45737.danny@ricin.com> In-Reply-To: <200503270053.19198.danny@ricin.com> References: <200503191329.j2JDTi9J091703@spoon.beta.com> <200503270053.19198.danny@ricin.com>
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s/gphoto/sane/ Duh :) On Sunday 27 March 2005 00:53, Danny Pansters wrote: > On Saturday 19 March 2005 13:29, Brian J. McGovern wrote: > > I'm currently in the market for an "All-in-One" device for the home > > network, mostly for the fax functionality (it'll be replacing an Canon > > scanner and Okidata 810e laser printer). Before anyone suggests their > > favorite FreeBSD Fax modem/app, I'll let it be known that I've been told > > that the expectation is that we'll have a "normal" looking/working fax > > machine for the house ;) > > > > I've searched the mailing lists for "All-in-One", and tried searches on > > printers, scanners, copiers, and faxes individually with no real good > > hits. > > > > I'm somewhat curious about the HPs, but wanted to get people's > > experiences with different devices, and what works/doesn't work with > > FreeBSD. > > A bit late, but I remembered seeing this question when I was just about to > start setting up our Officejet replacement: a HP photosmart 2610 > all-in-one. > > We're using it as a network printer/scanner now, it's not connected through > USB to one box but it can be. It has stand alone fax and scan/copy > capability. Setup was easy: Install the hpoj and hpijs ports, and cups and > sane. I used the cups web interface (and the info provided with hpoj or > from linuxprinting) to set it up (as a client this time, not as a server > which it was before when the old OfficeJet was connected to this box with a > parralel cable). Url/Device is a socket: without hpoj/hpijs, with hpoj its > a ptal device. In the Driver section you should be able to pick your HP > model. That should be all. > > With KDE I can now print to it (as network printer via ptal), scan from it > with Kooka (via ptal via gphoto), and I'm sure faxing will also work. > Stand-alone you can just use the flatbed scanner for input, and the printer > tray for output. > > This is an inkjet, with laserjet printing you may not need or want hpijs > but I think you probably would anyway. It looks like an officejet only > smaller and a bit slicker. It also supports CF and other cards (from > cameras), the ptal driver (and the windows version) should present those as > local scsi disks, but I haven't really sorted that out yet. The > printing/scanning quality is great. The hpijs and hpoj come from HP BTW. > > The thing cost us ~ 340 Euro's, which would be ~ 450 USD. I wanted a > network capable printer (it has its own console but also a web interface), > it's just easier to use in a network. If it lasts as long as the officejet > (I think ~ 7 years) its worth the buck I guess. > > HTH, > > Dan
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