Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:01:23 +1000 From: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] printing question Message-ID: <1227074483.4296.2.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <d356c5630811180849n527c6feex44de962885d9b724@mail.gmail.com> References: <d356c5630811180849n527c6feex44de962885d9b724@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 10:49 -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: > Time to buy a new printer. I don't print much from FreeBSD; but the need > occasionally arises. Most of my printing is done while using Mac OS X. The > Epson Artisan 800 is looking awfully nice; but it's not in the Linux > printing database yet (http://openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi). > > Question: Since Mac OS X uses CUPS, if I share the printer on the Mac, will > I need to worry about FreeBSD compatibility of the printer? I only need > printing functions (not scan, etc) for the FreeBSD computer. My understanding of this may be flawed, but from what I read years ago you should be able to use a pass thru filter (driver) and let the Mac do the hard work. It may be a slower way to print though, but based on your outline of the quantity you do print it should suffice.
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