From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu May 15 23:44:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA11969 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 15 May 1997 23:44:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from superior.mooseriver.com (ppp030-sm0.sirius.com [205.134.229.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA11963 for ; Thu, 15 May 1997 23:44:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by superior.mooseriver.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA21927; Thu, 15 May 1997 23:44:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Josef Grosch Message-Id: <199705160644.XAA21927@superior.mooseriver.com> Subject: Re: What Printer To Get - Postscript In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970515214840.00966580@ccsales.com> from "Randy A. Katz" at "May 15, 97 09:48:40 pm" To: randyk@ccsales.com (Randy A. Katz) Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 23:44:04 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: jgrosch@sirius.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Randy A. Katz said: >OK. > >So, I want to use FreeBSD and output in PostScript. What Laser Printer >should I buy? Is the H-P LaserJet 5M a good idea or should I consider >something else? > >Anyone with any experience(s) would be helpful... > >Thanx, >Randy Katz > If I remember right the HP 5M is a nice printer. The HP 5P is also a nice printer. If you have money to toss around a 5MP with the postscript option, a jetdirect card and more memory is very nice. BUT, you don't have buy a fancy HP printer. My HP Deskjet 500 does a very nice job doing postscript. apsfilter works just fine and you can spend you money other thinks like hard disks :-) Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.1 jgrosch@sirius.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses