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Date:      Thu, 4 Aug 2011 18:58:13 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
Cc:        User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com>
Subject:   Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108041846410.19846@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110804212923.GA15233@slackbox.erewhon.net>
References:  <4E397A48.8070600@onetel.com> <20110804212923.GA15233@slackbox.erewhon.net>

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On Thu, 4 Aug 2011, Roland Smith wrote:

> There are several possible drivers you could use; pcl3 pxlmono pxlcolor.
> The gutenprint (a.k.a. gimp-print) driver also supports your printer directly.

ljet4 is the PCL5 driver, and anything with PCL6 is supposed to also 
support PCL5.  I'd suggest trying both ljet4 and pxlmono or pxlcolor and 
going with whichever is faster.

> However, I'd recommend that you take the time and install and configure
> CUPS.

If CUPS is desired, sure.  For just plain printing, lpr/lpd is often 
easier to set up.

http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html



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