Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:20:41 +0200 From: Lino Miklav <lino@unitedpeople.net> To: "Peter A. Giessel" <pgiessel@mac.com> Cc: Karel Miklav <karel@lovetemple.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printer recommendation please Message-ID: <4F775909.8090301@unitedpeople.net> In-Reply-To: <2E2ED820-21EA-4025-A4AA-A4CA76C01E29@mac.com> References: <4F75D37C.2020203@lovetemple.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1203301244390.58700@wonkity.com> <2E2ED820-21EA-4025-A4AA-A4CA76C01E29@mac.com>
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On 31.03.2012 00:16, Peter A. Giessel wrote: > On 2012, Mar 30, at 11:17, Warren Block wrote: >> It should work with FreeBSD, certainly for text. For graphics >> output, Gutenprint doesn't have a setting specifically for the >> 6500, but one of the similar printers probably will work. Don't >> expect photo quality, color lasers have to do halftones. I've requested a test printout, but they claim their 600 x 600 x 16 technology gives similar results than 1200 dpi inkjets. > It doesn't surprise me that Gutenprint doesn't have a setting > specifically for the 6500 because Xerox provides one: Uf, I have this idea to only use LPD and filters. > I have a Phaser 6300 (older model), and it has worked well for every > OS that I have thrown at it, including Mac, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, > iOS, etc. > > Echoing others, get a real postscript printer, get a real network printer > (not USB), and get a laser printer (although Thermal Wax would also be > acceptable). Just got an incredible deal, Xerox Phaser 6280V DN with toners for 2000+ pages for 362 EUR. That's exactly the price I've paid for ink in the last five years. I think I'll go with this one. Regards and thanks to everyone who chimed in with a piece of good advice. Karel
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