From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 11:08:19 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2E481065676 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:08:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from me@pollux2.local.net) Received: from smtp4-g21.free.fr (smtp4-g21.free.fr [212.27.42.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F6F88FC1E for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:08:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from me@pollux2.local.net) Received: from smtp4-g21.free.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2218E4C81CD for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:08:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from pollux2.local.net (che78-3-82-246-30-233.fbx.proxad.net [82.246.30.233]) by smtp4-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 348A34C8205 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:08:10 +0100 (CET) Received: by pollux2.local.net (Postfix, from userid 2000) id F099A1DABD; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:11:27 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:11:27 +0100 From: Harald Weis To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090108111127.GA1764@pollux2.free.local.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20090104221422.GA3114@pollux2.free.local.net> <20090105173635.575e32ff.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20090105164403.GE3756@trusted-logic.com> <20090105222623.GA52838@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20090105232354.GA85619@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: Samsung SCX-4200 printer X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:08:20 -0000 On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 07:01:02PM -0500, Alex Goncharov wrote: > 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 said: > > > > On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:14:22 +0100 > > > > Harald Weis 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. > > Try to install the cupsys, cupsys-bsd, cupsomatic-ppd and foomatic-db None of these exist in the FreeBSD port index (/usr/ports/INDEX-7) > ports and take a look at this link: > > http://forums.linux-foundation.org/read.php?31,302,320,quote=1 Refers only to Linux :-( Harald -- FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 19:59:52 UTC 2008