From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 5 21:28:41 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 0ED031C8; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 21:28:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 865D7286A; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 21:28:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id rA5LScDK059903; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 22:28:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 612BE12313; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 22:28:38 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 22:28:38 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: "O. Hartmann" Subject: Re: CUPS and Epson Epson WF-3540 on FreeBSD 9.2/11.0-CURRENT Message-ID: <20131105212838.GA68966@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20131102115534.71afaa03@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> <1383669454.21378.43329325.475E1FD0@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20131105205801.13be6358@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131105205801.13be6358@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner 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 21:28:41 -0000 --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 08:58:01PM +0100, O. Hartmann wrote: > On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:37:34 -0600 > Mark Felder wrote: >=20 > > 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. While PostScript is probably the best choice, if the printer speaks PCL you can probably get it to work. When in doubt, check the openprinting database [http://www.openprinting.org/printers]. If you see a printer that is described as "host-based", avoid it like the plague! This means they ripped all the smarts (such as it is, and what there is of it) out of a printer and put it in the usually windows-only driver. := -( Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://rsmith.home.xs4all.nl/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iEUEARECAAYFAlJ5YwYACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXG+wCdF36cDrquu67Bk15Kb2WofebI fi4AlRUQKmzrIshvSuUDpES1/7tQY6o= =CtYj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq--