Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 23:28:28 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CUPS and Epson Epson WF-3540 on FreeBSD 9.2/11.0-CURRENT Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311052317070.66409@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <F2467CDD-B2DA-4778-A4F9-CF212DD47874@mac.com> References: <20131102115534.71afaa03@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> <1383669454.21378.43329325.475E1FD0@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20131105205801.13be6358@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> <F2467CDD-B2DA-4778-A4F9-CF212DD47874@mac.com>
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On Tue, 5 Nov 2013, Charles Swiger wrote: > Hi-- > > On Nov 5, 2013, at 11:58 AM, O. Hartmann <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: >>> I don't think it's likely you'll find this working. I'd suggest you >>> find a printer that can natively speak postscript and works with SANE >>> without a proprietary driver. It's getting hard to find printers that >>> can do this, though. >> >> A pity. >> I think it is hard to find an ink-jet printer that "speaks" natively >> PS. Mots of them I saw have their proprietary BLOB driver managing the >> communication if they are multi-function-systems - mostly Linux. > > It costs money to license a real PostScript interpreter from Adobe, which > means that the cheaper inkjets won't pony up for that capability. Ghostscript supports a number of native inkjet page description languages. I have a couple of older Epson inkjets that I think Ghostscript will drive directly. > It looks like the Lexmark Pro4000 and the HP OfficeJet 276dw are sanely priced > PostScript-capable inkjets, but there are literally hundreds of laser printers > around which have native PostScript support, and their cost-per-page usually > is much more reasonable than inkjets end up being. Maybe those models are fine, but generally higher-end inkjets are disproportionately priced. And because few people buy them, those extra features are not heavily tested. Relevant articles: This one shows setting up a print filter with Ghostscript: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html And this talks about the value of a used office laser printer: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/usedlasers.html
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