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Date:      Sun, 24 Nov 2002 22:19:31 -0600
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net>
To:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <200211242219.31033.dkelly@HiWAAY.net>
In-Reply-To: <20021124194520.A24648@mail.hitmedia.com>
References:  <20021124194520.A24648@mail.hitmedia.com>

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On Sunday 24 November 2002 09:45 pm, BSD baby wrote:
> Any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?
>
> I'm finally going to get a printer for my FreeBSD devbox this week.
>
> Are they all pretty much FreeBSD-compatible?
> or is there some spec I need to look for?
>
> I assume parallel port is still the way to go
> or is USB really ready on FreeBSD?

The most painless way to print within FreeBSD is with a Postscript 
printer which speaks lpd protocol on ethernet.

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
=====================================================================
The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.

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