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From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: Re: Samsung SCX-4200 printer
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On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 11:26:23PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:44:03PM +0100, Erwan David wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:36:35PM CET, Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> said:
> > > On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:14:22 +0100
> > > Harald Weis <hawei@free.fr> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Is there a way to install the SCX-4200 printer on a FreeBSD box ?
> > > > The printer is delivered with the install software required for Linux.
> > > > And CUPS does not seem to "know" it.
...
> > It is not always sufficient. My Brother DCP-540 CN is said to work
> > perfectly, but only with brother binary linux drivers, under linux. I
> > did not find any way to make it work under freeBSD.
> 
> This should be a FAQ: do yourself a favor and get a printer that
> supports postscript. It will work with little effort with most
> UNIX-based program (because they usually support postscript output) and
> with most spoolers.

Actually, this is debatable. If everybody were following your
suggestion we wouldn't have support for a lot of devices (printers,
disk controllers, scanners, wireless and network devices, embedded
systems) that now do work with FreeBSD or other Open Source systems.

We are talking about a 70euro laser printer here -- it is not
unreasonable to take a bit of a risk and try it out, and it is also
good for the community to have people willing to test new hardware
and report success or failure.

	cheers
	luigi