From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 5 21:12:57 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 06C7AB4C for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 21:12:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from st11p05mm-asmtp002.mac.com (st11p05mm-asmtpout005.mac.com [17.172.108.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0F0A2754 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 21:12:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [17.198.13.205] (unknown [17.198.13.205]) by st11p05mm-asmtp002.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.08(7.0.4.27.7) 64bit (built Aug 22 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0MVT00D3I45A4X90@st11p05mm-asmtp002.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:12:47 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-11-05_07:2013-11-05,2013-11-05,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1308280000 definitions=main-1311050144 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: CUPS and Epson Epson WF-3540 on FreeBSD 9.2/11.0-CURRENT From: Charles Swiger In-reply-to: <20131105205801.13be6358@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:12:46 -0800 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: References: <20131102115534.71afaa03@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> <1383669454.21378.43329325.475E1FD0@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20131105205801.13be6358@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> To: "O. Hartmann" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) Cc: FreeBSD Questions 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 21:12:57 -0000 Hi-- On Nov 5, 2013, at 11:58 AM, O. Hartmann = 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. >=20 > 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. 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. Regards, --=20 -Chuck