--- "Christopher M. Hobbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could anyone recommend a good desktop laser jet > printer that is known to > work under FreeBSD. I don't mind if it's an older > model. I'd like to > go cheap with it. > > I will be printing black and white planning sheets, > and portions of > books. > > Is there a list of printers that are useable under > FreeBSD somewhere? > > Thank you for your time! > cmh > -- > Christopher M. Hobbs > IS Technician, City of Siloam Springs > [EMAIL PROTECTED], (479).524.5136 >
If the printer works with Linux over the network or via parallel port, then it probably works fine with FreeBSD. If a USB printer works with Linux but not with FreeBSD, you can often get around the USB incompatibility by attaching the printer to a print server. Here's a searchable database of printers that are compatible with Linux. http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi I have a Oki B4350 printer (mono color laser) and an HP Photosmart 7150 that are attached to a Hawking Technology HPS12U print server. I use CUPS for printing in FreeBSD. This setup works great! Both HP and Okidata have been good about releasing PPD files (printer configuration files used by CUPS) for their printers. It's good that you're only looking for a laser printer. I've heard that compatibility issues with all-in-one printers can be a real pain. I hope this helps. Andrew L. Gould _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
