Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 14:57:51 +0100 From: Michel Talon <talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "siefke_listen@web.de" <siefke_listen@web.de> Subject: Re: Brother Printer Message-ID: <297511A5-2081-4367-AE6C-9D043371085C@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
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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
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