Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-27 Thread BSD baby
m the FreeBSD manual. It creates it for you. THIS WORKS GREAT: lpr SomeAcrobatFile.pdf Voila. Way easier than I expected. > Any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? > > I'm finally going to get a printer for my FreeBSD devbox this week. > > Are they all pretty much Fr

Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-26 Thread Wayne Lubin
--- Kevin Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 23:08 US/Pacific, Cliff > Sarginson wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:19:31PM -0600, David > Kelly wrote: > >> On Sunday 24 November 2002 09:45 pm, BSD baby > wrote: >

Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-26 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-11-25T04:19:31Z, David Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The most painless way to print within FreeBSD is with a Postscript printer > which speaks lpd protocol on ethernet. Second most painless: a Postscript printer supported by CUPS with a parallel interface. I bought an HP LaserJet

Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-26 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 05:27:40PM +0930, Michael Ritchie wrote: > I'll back up the case against Lexmark. Many of their larger laser models > attempt to do both PCL and PS, as well as some other > languages. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have licensed the full PCL or > PS code, and their e

Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-25 Thread Michael Ritchie
I'll back up the case against Lexmark. Many of their larger laser models attempt to do both PCL and PS, as well as some other languages. Unfortunately, they don't seem to have licensed the full PCL or PS code, and their emulation isn't the best. Many pages (especially pages with complex font

Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-25 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, BSD baby wrote: > Any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? > > I'm finally going to get a printer for my FreeBSD devbox this week. > > Are they all pretty much FreeBSD-compatible? > or is there some spec I need to look for? As others have ment

Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-25 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
Kevin Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nice color inkjet printer, WITH Postscript. The guy wanted to print lots of PDF. He should consider getting a laser printer if he can live without color or buy a cheapo ink sprayer for that. Laser printers can be got quite cheaply these days, especial

Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-25 Thread Kevin Stevens
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > But whatever you do, don't buy just any LexMark! There are only a > handful of LexMarks that will work with anything other than Windows. > Some won't even work with all Windows OSs. I just threw out a Lexmark Well, but that's true of all brands. Le

Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-25 Thread Louis LeBlanc
Stevens sat at the `puter and typed: > > On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 23:08 US/Pacific, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:19:31PM -0600, David Kelly wrote: > >> On Sunday 24 November 2002 09:45 pm, BSD baby wrote: > >>> Any advice before I bu

Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-25 Thread BSD baby
www.linuxprinting.org/suggested.html Seems the HP Laserjet 1200 would be good for me, since it's Postscript-ready. > >Any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? > > > >I'm finally going to get a printer for my FreeBSD devbox this week. > > > >Are they all pr

Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-24 Thread Kevin Stevens
On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 23:08 US/Pacific, Cliff Sarginson wrote: On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:19:31PM -0600, David Kelly wrote: On Sunday 24 November 2002 09:45 pm, BSD baby wrote: Any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? I'm finally going to get a printer for my FreeBSD devbox

Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-24 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:19:31PM -0600, David Kelly wrote: > On Sunday 24 November 2002 09:45 pm, BSD baby wrote: > > Any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? > > > > I'm finally going to get a printer for my FreeBSD devbox this week. > > > > Are t

Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-24 Thread Lin Jianfong
r FreeBSD. Fong From: BSD baby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 19:45:20 -0800 Any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? I'm finally going to get a printer for my FreeBSD devbox this week. Are the

Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-24 Thread David Kelly
On Sunday 24 November 2002 09:45 pm, BSD baby wrote: > Any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? > > I'm finally going to get a printer for my FreeBSD devbox this week. > > Are they all pretty much FreeBSD-compatible? > or is there some spec I need to look for? > &

any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?

2002-11-24 Thread BSD baby
Any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD? I'm finally going to get a printer for my FreeBSD devbox this week. Are they all pretty much FreeBSD-compatible? or is there some spec I need to look for? I assume parallel port is still the way to go or is USB really ready on FreeBSD? Main