From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 5 16:37:43 2013 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 ESMTP id AB327928 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 16:37:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feld@FreeBSD.org) Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 800BB2462 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 16:37:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34A9B2218B; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:37:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from web3 ([10.202.2.213]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 05 Nov 2013 11:37:35 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:from:to:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:in-reply-to:references :subject:date; s=smtpout; bh=nv50PyWGI8AnwM80fiCl0pu5r0k=; b=mKT 1k0VaSZDCAa0VtMSwvDG0Z+08WlTnwkKhj9IMh28C/wnsKbH9Xhh1cx2qEXkaN7+ Mv9LBOWfGbgH87Z0C58NM0zAXz6xeBw2fW6c5iV73hkWt77iKvCwApFnb7WLZGKG wYeCmwG40TebUuuVuENNMxUtCiz19Z0vK9QkW2aQ= Received: by web3.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix, from userid 99) id 0A1B2110D1A; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:37:35 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1383669454.21378.43329325.475E1FD0@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: njVWInaGr0jhM0t8VSSWjWYytkArJTsW7DpSV1Ix/Vwt 1383669454 From: Mark Felder To: "O. Hartmann" , FreeBSD Questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-d4893488 In-Reply-To: <20131102115534.71afaa03@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> References: <20131102115534.71afaa03@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> Subject: Re: CUPS and Epson Epson WF-3540 on FreeBSD 9.2/11.0-CURRENT Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:37:34 -0600 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:37:43 -0000 On Sat, Nov 2, 2013, at 4:55, O. Hartmann wrote: > > I'm about to purchase the Epson WF-3540DTWF and need to know whether > this printer is also capacle of being run on FreeBSD. > > What I can see so far on www.openprinting.org is that Epson offers > Linux BLOB drivers, wrapped as RPM or Debian DEB packages. There is no > mentioning of FreeBSD or any other UNIXiod OS but Linux. > > It is also mentioned on the www.sane-project.org website, that this > specific printer's scanner is working with Xsane/sane front- and > backend, but it is, again, Linux via the binary, non-free/open driver. > > My question is whether I have a chance to get this printer run on > FreeBSD as well. I intend to attach the printer as a network printer > via a FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT CUPS 1.5.2 server. > > Any advice or suggestion will be appreciated. > > Oliver > 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.