Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 20:58:01 +0100 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CUPS and Epson Epson WF-3540 on FreeBSD 9.2/11.0-CURRENT Message-ID: <20131105205801.13be6358@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <1383669454.21378.43329325.475E1FD0@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <20131102115534.71afaa03@thor.walstatt.dyndns.org> <1383669454.21378.43329325.475E1FD0@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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--Sig_/5M9G0wKwUyAdyJgrTOgNHxJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:37:34 -0600 Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 2, 2013, at 4:55, O. Hartmann wrote: > >=20 > > I'm about to purchase the Epson WF-3540DTWF and need to know whether > > this printer is also capacle of being run on FreeBSD. > >=20 > > What I can see so far on www.openprinting.org is that Epson offers > > Linux BLOB drivers, wrapped as RPM or Debian DEB packages. There is > > no mentioning of FreeBSD or any other UNIXiod OS but Linux. > >=20 > > It is also mentioned on the www.sane-project.org website, that this > > specific printer's scanner is working with Xsane/sane front- and > > backend, but it is, again, Linux via the binary, non-free/open > > driver. > >=20 > > My question is whether I have a chance to get this printer run on > > FreeBSD as well. I intend to attach the printer as a network printer > > via a FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT CUPS 1.5.2 server. > >=20 > > Any advice or suggestion will be appreciated. > >=20 > > Oliver > >=20 >=20 > I don't think it's likely you'll find this working. I'd suggest you > find a printer that can natively speak postscript and works with SANE > without a proprietary driver. It's getting hard to find printers that > can do this, though. A pity. I think it is hard to find an ink-jet printer that "speaks" natively PS. Mots of them I saw have their proprietary BLOB driver managing the communication if they are multi-function-systems - mostly Linux. Thanks for the hint. Oliver --Sig_/5M9G0wKwUyAdyJgrTOgNHxJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSeU3NAAoJEOgBcD7A/5N8m1AIAM2k6qcr+86j8SR8gmqvQr1Q CMDfFtSybZvuZgI6Snce6rd7nelrb9g/ai9qDPvFcmykmj+7WXalxx2oOzUWboX7 0wgoCBhYXHQezaa30i4wFu707nBkgxQ4SWJqj6fqJWIn3HWSLM2Gx1U3wWRLCglF vuxXmow6Ss0RKFkSXagty+quAtXFfgHWBtqZ3Yk5NGyNDsxg7YVF/pTA5xu99n0h ouyoekDjbvxx5NHxGJnkOTsXMU3Lb7cK/9p//UfXQ6JYO4e8yOhAnvt7xKHdCCFD wTYB2B/kTK70GSj74PqembSW9ZAXzB1kNXiUM0mkzvKCb4FkEo3ZLDJDpWJykGE= =+Ssg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/5M9G0wKwUyAdyJgrTOgNHxJ--
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