Re: [OT] printing question

On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 10:49 -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: > Time to buy a new printer. I don't print much from FreeBSD; but the need > occasionally arises. Most of my printing is done while using Mac OS X. The > Epson Artisan 800 is looking awfully nice; but it's not in the Linux > printing databa

Re: [OT] printing question

> So the bottom line is: "Get a postscript printer." They're > rather expensive ... I got a Samsung ML-2571N for well under $100 at Fry's something like a year ago; granted that was a sale price, dunno regular. It speaks PostScript and lpd, so no need to bother with drivers or CUPS; all it need

Re: [OT] printing question

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Warren Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Andrew Gould wrote: > > So the bottom line is: "Get a postscript printer." They're rather >> expensive. >> > > Not always: > > http://wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/usedlasers.pdf

Re: [OT] printing question

On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Andrew Gould wrote: So the bottom line is: "Get a postscript printer." They're rather expensive. Not always: http://wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/usedlasers.pdf Thanks to Ghostscript, PCL printers will also work. It may be worth the inconvenience of sharing drive space an

Re: [OT] printing question

"Andrew Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So the bottom line is: "Get a postscript printer." They're rather > expensive. It may be worth the inconvenience of sharing drive space and > printing from the Mac via VNC window. ;-) It's not clear to me that anyone posting here had tried printing

Re: [OT] printing question

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 02:00:03PM -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Chad Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Your best bet for printer compatibility is to ensure that it's available > > as a network device rather than having to connect to it directly, and > > that

Re: [OT] printing question

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 02:00:03PM -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: > > So the bottom line is: "Get a postscript printer." They're rather > expensive. It may be worth the inconvenience of sharing drive space and > printing from the Mac via VNC window. ;-) The reason Postscript printers tend to be "

RE: [OT] printing question

On Behalf Of Andrew Gould > Time to buy a new printer. I don't print much from FreeBSD; but the need > occasionally arises. Most of my printing is done while using Mac OS X. The > Epson Artisan 800 is looking awfully nice; but it's not in the Linux I can't help with the setup issues, as I don'

Re: [OT] printing question

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Chad Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your best bet for printer compatibility is to ensure that it's available > as a network device rather than having to connect to it directly, and > that it's a Postscript printer. If you want to get a printer and connect > i

Re: [OT] printing question

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:49:44AM -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: > Time to buy a new printer. I don't print much from FreeBSD; but the need > occasionally arises. Most of my printing is done while using Mac OS X. The > Epson Artisan 800 is looking awfully nice; but it's not in the Linux > printing

Re: [OT] printing question

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 07:51:47PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:49:44AM -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: > > Time to buy a new printer. I don't print much from FreeBSD; but the > > need occasionally arises. Most of my printing is done while using > > Mac OS X. The Epson Arti

Re: [OT] printing question

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:49:44AM -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: > Time to buy a new printer. I don't print much from FreeBSD; but the need > occasionally arises. Most of my printing is done while using Mac OS X. The > Epson Artisan 800 is looking awfully nice; but it's not in the Linux > printing

[OT] printing question

Time to buy a new printer. I don't print much from FreeBSD; but the need occasionally arises. Most of my printing is done while using Mac OS X. The Epson Artisan 800 is looking awfully nice; but it's not in the Linux printing database yet (http://openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi). Question: S

Re: OT - printing question

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Andrew Gould wrote: I have a postscript printer. I can send the output of text files to the printer; but the printer won't eject the page until I send enough text to fill the page. Is there a standard page-break or "eject page" command? If you're sending PS, it's "showpag

Re: OT - printing question

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 07:43:44 -0500 "Andrew Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a postscript printer. I can send the output of text files to the > printer; but the printer won't eject the page until I send enough text to > fill the page. > > Is there a standard page-break or "eject page" co

OT - printing question

I have a postscript printer. I can send the output of text files to the printer; but the printer won't eject the page until I send enough text to fill the page. Is there a standard page-break or "eject page" command? Thanks, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-q