From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 10:50:15 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C5C18AB for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 10:50:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-forward1.uio.no (mail-forward1.uio.no [IPv6:2001:700:100:10::70]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C92B52CF for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 10:50:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from exim by mail-out1.uio.no with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.75) (envelope-from ) id 1Whcwt-000716-Ea for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 06 May 2014 12:50:11 +0200 Received: from mail-mx1.uio.no ([129.240.10.29]) by mail-out1.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 4.75) (envelope-from ) id 1Whcws-00070y-8j; Tue, 06 May 2014 12:50:10 +0200 Received: from shiva.uio.no ([129.240.203.14]) by mail-mx1.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Whcwr-0003og-SL; Tue, 06 May 2014 12:50:10 +0200 Message-ID: <5368BE61.3050206@thanelange.no> Date: Tue, 06 May 2014 12:50:09 +0200 From: Gyrd Thane Lange User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Gould , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: printing to BR-Script using CUPS with generic postscript driver References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-UiO-Spam-info: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-5.0, required=5.0, autolearn=disabled, UIO_MAIL_IS_INTERNAL=-5, uiobl=NO, uiouri=NO) X-UiO-Scanned: 13EAEE0E00B2E42CA2821BCB6F8F7632CB779382 X-UiO-SPAM-Test: remote_host: 129.240.203.14 spam_score: -49 maxlevel 80 minaction 2 bait 0 mail/h: 1 total 288 max/h 6 blacklist 0 greylist 0 ratelimit 0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2014 10:50:15 -0000 Den 06. mai 2014 04:11, skrev Andrew Gould: > I'm considering the purchase of a Brother laser jet printer (HL5470DW or > HL6180DW). According to the specifications, the printer uses BR-Script3. > According to Brother's website, "BR-Script3 is PostScript®3™ compatible". > > http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail/1/HL6180DW/spec#.U2hDKLylhuY > > Has anyone printed successfully to a BR-Script printer using CUPS and the > generic postscript driver? I have a Brother HL-3070CW (with BR-Script 3 and PCL6) that I am very happy with. It will print most anything you throw at it. You don't even need CUPS. Here is my printcap file. I just send the PostScript directly to the printer. cat /etc/printcap # Using direct port on printer lp|ps|brother|Brother HL-3070CW:\ :sh:\ :lp=9100@brother-wl:sd=/var/spool/lpd/brother:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: # Using the built-in job manager in printer brother2|Brother HL-3070CW (LPD):\ :sh:\ :rm=brother-wl:sd=/var/spool/lpd/brother2:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: The printer is easy to setup. Just let it get an initial IP address via cabled LAN and you can use the printers own browser based configuration service to set up Wireless and other settings. (Other configuration methods also exist). Best regards, Gyrd ^_^ > > Thanks, > > Andrew