From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 28 02:46:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEF4616A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 02:46:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta13.adelphia.net (mta13.mail.adelphia.net [68.168.78.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F30DB43D48 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 02:46:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from default.chvlva.adelphia.net ([69.160.64.9]) by mta13.adelphia.netESMTP <20041228024636.KBUP5807.mta13.adelphia.net@default.chvlva.adelphia.net> for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:46:36 -0500 Received: by default.chvlva.adelphia.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8C9D3B4F6; Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:46:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:46:31 -0500 From: Parv To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20041228024631.GA1393@holestein.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <001401c4ec49$d919f020$a23db918@D1TWQX41> <20041227193742.GC22614@keyslapper.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041227193742.GC22614@keyslapper.org> Subject: Re: Printer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: f-q List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 02:46:37 -0000 in message <20041227193742.GC22614@keyslapper.org>, wrote Louis LeBlanc thusly... > > Some newer Lexmark printers do support standard protocols, but I > went and spent $80 for a Lexmark color printer several years ago > that spent more time working as a doorstop than a printer. They > used - and still do for some printers - proprietary protocols, and > release their own drivers - you guessed it - for Windows only. > And sometimes not even for all versions of Windows. My one > Windows system was NT, and it wasn't supported. At the time, I > was a Linux user, and even the reverse engineered Linux drivers > weren't able to get it working. Lest somebody gets the wrong idea that all Lexmark printers behave as descried above, my Optra E310 laser printer -- US$[23]00, 199[89] -- is still going strong. It worked/works in Windows 9[58], Me, XP. It of course just works, like a PS printer, in FreeBSD 3.x, 4.x, and sure would in 5.x. > I'll never buy a Lexmark again, and if given one, I'll immediately > put it on EBay or just give it to my front curb. It will be a HP or Lexmark laser printer for me. The one that does double-sided printing cheaply [cw]ould be the deciding factor for me; print-server would be a bonus. Mind that i am interested mainly in sharp and clear black/white text currently. - Parv --