Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:39:48 +0100 From: Holger Kipp <hk@alogis.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Harald Weis <hawei@free.fr> Subject: Re: Samsung SCX-4200 printer Message-ID: <20090108113948.GA18301@intserv.int1.b.intern> In-Reply-To: <20090108111127.GA1764@pollux2.free.local.net> 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> <E1LJzNW-000OQZ-K4@daland.home> <20090108111127.GA1764@pollux2.free.local.net>
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On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 12:11:27PM +0100, Harald Weis wrote: > 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 <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. > > > > 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) foomatic-db => /usr/ports/print/foomatic-db looking for cupsys on the internet will give results like "cupsys" renamed to "cups" (at least for debian). Best regards, Holger
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