Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
On 2009-04-05 at 13:26:54, Martin Schrvder wrote:
2009/4/5, ropers <rop...@gmail.com>:
- The printer should work with OpenBSD without a hitch, and by that
I don't mean "can sometimes be gotten to work by endlessly tweaking
CUPS", and I also don't mean "can be gotten to work with
compat_linux and a binary blob",
Get one with PostScript and a NIC.
In my experience, that is the correct answer. At various times in the
past i've tried to get non-PostScript printers working with different
Unix-like operating systems (including OpenBSD). Unless your time is
very cheap, it is usually better just to buy something with PostScript.
And if it has built-in networking, even better. Buying a printer with a
NIC is easier than setting up printer sharing on a computer.
As for the original poster's HP aversion... i've had good luck with HP.
At home i use an HP 2605dn, a duplexing color laser printer that has
worked beautifully for my light use. That exact model is probably no
longer available since HP regularly rotates their consumer models, but
they undoubtedly have something similar today.
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Dan Ramaley Dial Center 118, Drake University
Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave
+1 515 271-4540 Des Moines IA 50311 USA
I specifically went with HP after doing my research and can second Dan's
recommendation of the HP's 2605dn. I have the same printer and did
nothing more than setup a printcap entry for it to be the default
printer and it just works. I really like the fact that it has a
web-management console that lets me configure anything available from
the Mac & Windows desktop app. I also like that on both Mac & PC you can
opt to install just a print driver without the management crap. Some
printers require desktop-software running in the background in order to
use the printer. This one doesn't.
All-in-all, a nice printer.
--Aaron
