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

Re: remote printing question

At 06:25 PM 4/4/2007, David Banning wrote: > >I don't want to use a server. So the router would have to do NAT. > >Is it possible that way for the outside world to address the > >printer directly since it has a network address, and not a > >www IP? > > You can probably setup the router to forward

Re: remote printing question

> >I don't want to use a server. So the router would have to do NAT. > >Is it possible that way for the outside world to address the > >printer directly since it has a network address, and not a > >www IP? > > You can probably setup the router to forward the ports used by that > printer. The por

Re: remote printing question

On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 06:30:32PM -0400, David Banning wrote: > > Well, if your printer has its own Ethernet card and an IP address > > you can just set things up to go directly to it with no server. > > > > Or, what is that router? If it is something like a FreeBSD box or > > other more full

Re: remote printing question

At 05:30 PM 4/4/2007, David Banning wrote: > Well, if your printer has its own Ethernet card and an IP address > you can just set things up to go directly to it with no server. > > Or, what is that router? If it is something like a FreeBSD box or > other more full service system, it can probabl

Re: remote printing question

> Well, if your printer has its own Ethernet card and an IP address > you can just set things up to go directly to it with no server. > > Or, what is that router? If it is something like a FreeBSD box or > other more full service system, it can probably handle the task of > serving the printer a

Re: remote printing question

On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 02:56:13PM -0400, David Banning wrote: > I have a someone who wants to have a remote printer without using a > server at the printing location. Is it possible to do; > > DSL Line->Modem -> router -> printer > | > - >

Re: remote printing question

At 01:56 PM 4/4/2007, David Banning wrote: I have a someone who wants to have a remote printer without using a server at the printing location. Is it possible to do; DSL Line->Modem -> router -> printer | - | |

Re: remote printing question

On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 02:56:13PM -0400, David Banning wrote: > I have a someone who wants to have a remote printer without using a > server at the printing location. Is it possible to do; > > DSL Line->Modem -> router -> printer > | > - >

remote printing question

I have a someone who wants to have a remote printer without using a server at the printing location. Is it possible to do; DSL Line->Modem -> router -> printer | - | | laptop laptop

Re: Network printing question: apsfilter + samba over Win2k network

Mike wrote: Michal Pasternak wrote: Mike [Fri, May 21, 2004 at 02:55:19PM -0700]: PROBLEM: I'm able to "see" the printer from the Win2k client accoss the network, Windows 2k prompts for a driver and I load the driver. Windows reports that the printer is "ready", however when I try to print a tes

Re: Network printing question: apsfilter + samba over Win2k network

Michal Pasternak wrote: Mike [Fri, May 21, 2004 at 02:55:19PM -0700]: PROBLEM: I'm able to "see" the printer from the Win2k client accoss the network, Windows 2k prompts for a driver and I load the driver. Windows reports that the printer is "ready", however when I try to print a test page, noth

Network printing question: apsfilter + samba over Win2k network

Greetings: My server is: FreeBSD 4.9 stable and is acting as a file and (hopefully) print server for 6 local Windows 2000 workstations. Samba 2.28 is installed and serving file shares properly. Now for printer sharing... The printer is an HP 4M laserjet, and I installed apsfilter (via ports) A

Re: printing question

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a HP952C printer connected via parallel cable to my FreeBSD box, and > it works great. > I also have 6 NT servers which print to that printer. They all print to it > fine, up to around 7 pages > or so, then the print jobs just go off to nowher

Re: printing question

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Kent Stewart wrote: > Do you have mx=!0. That is a common reason for stopping. Setting mx=0 > is unlimited. Not quite--for no size limit, it should be mx#0. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe free

Re: printing question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a HP952C printer connected via parallel cable to my FreeBSD box, and > it works great. > I also have 6 NT servers which print to that printer. They all print to it > fine, up to around 7 pages > or so, then the print jobs just go off to nowhere-land. I am tryin

printing question

I have a HP952C printer connected via parallel cable to my FreeBSD box, and it works great. I also have 6 NT servers which print to that printer. They all print to it fine, up to around 7 pages or so, then the print jobs just go off to nowhere-land. I am trying to print a 17 page .xls document but