Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer for OSOL, OI ?

[Ken Gunderson]

On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 07:06 -0700, Ken Gunderson wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 09:24 +, Guy Woolley wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >   Does anyone have positive experience of a currently 
> > available (not legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer (duplex 
> > printing,copy, scan, fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or OpenIndiana ?
[snip]

> AFAIK, CUPS is not going to get your scanner or fax working though.  For
> scanner you need SANE and I've minimal experience there.  I think HPLIP
> gives SANE an interface to HP scanners but haven't a clue as to which
> models are currently supported.

Here's a link to the hplip stuff I mentioned:



Might be worth a gander if youŕe still shopping.

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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer for OSOL, OI ?

[Courtney R. Spencer]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Bruce Hoiem  wrote:

>
> My recent printer is an HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 all-in-one, and it prints
> simplex and duplex. I haven't done any host-initiated scanning (don't know
> if it is possible.) The OS's I've used with it are OpenSolaris 2009.06,
> snv_134, and Oracle Solaris 11 Express, and I had to find and then add the
> PPD file for it.
>



Do you find that your duplex printed pages are off?  On my b147
system, the front page
is shifted down, while the back page is shifted up.  Sometimes this
cuts off text
text because the margins are not being positioned properly.

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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer, for OSOL, OI ?

[Hans J. Albertsson]

On 2011-02-18 05:23, Albert Lee wrote:

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Hans J. Albertsson
  wrote:

Depends on the quality of the print and scan.

For my needs, i e any non-critical needs (for the real jobs we have special
equipment) I settled on an HP CM1312nfi MFP.

It works with OI, and it even says so in the marketing blurbs. (It says
solaris, but that's almost as good.)

I had no problem, I used it in postscript mode only, until I could get my
head around CUPS.

PostScript (or sometimes PCL, but rarely) is preferred for most
high-end printers (i.e. all colour lasers)... you just need a print
filter with some extra descriptive information. CUPS (and the legacy
Solaris print system if you use the Presto GUI) is point-and-click for
selecting the right one.



Actually, CUPS+PCL6 produces slightly more predictable colour images 
than postscript, for the CM1312

Scanning and fax are NOT supported in OI, as far as I can see!
I would like to be proven wrong: but xscanimage and xsane just crash.
It's not duplex, but I think there's a version for that at another 1-200
dollars.

There's a bug affecting libusb applications that's probably causing
that crash. Any scanner supported by SANE should work. Faxing from
printers tends to need proprietary software. You can use a plain fax
modem, though.


I wish this printer had that neat Xerox capability of emailing a scanned 
image (in pdf, at least) to any email address...

That would beat fax hands down.

Xsane apps: would they be able to handle a network printer. i e one with 
NO possiblility of connecting via usb?

-Albert


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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer, for OSOL, OI ?

[Albert Lee]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Hans J. Albertsson
 wrote:
> Depends on the quality of the print and scan.
>
> For my needs, i e any non-critical needs (for the real jobs we have special
> equipment) I settled on an HP CM1312nfi MFP.
>
> It works with OI, and it even says so in the marketing blurbs. (It says
> solaris, but that's almost as good.)
>
> I had no problem, I used it in postscript mode only, until I could get my
> head around CUPS.

PostScript (or sometimes PCL, but rarely) is preferred for most
high-end printers (i.e. all colour lasers)... you just need a print
filter with some extra descriptive information. CUPS (and the legacy
Solaris print system if you use the Presto GUI) is point-and-click for
selecting the right one.

>
> Scanning and fax are NOT supported in OI, as far as I can see!
> I would like to be proven wrong: but xscanimage and xsane just crash.
> It's not duplex, but I think there's a version for that at another 1-200
> dollars.

There's a bug affecting libusb applications that's probably causing
that crash. Any scanner supported by SANE should work. Faxing from
printers tends to need proprietary software. You can use a plain fax
modem, though.

-Albert

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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer, for OSOL, OI ?

[Ken Gunderson]

On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 13:13 -0800, ken mays wrote:
> Guy,
> 
> Check out the Brother MFC-9560CDW. 

Not familiar with this particular model but can attest that Brother in
general provides excellent bang for the buck.  Just stay away from
refurbished.


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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer, for OSOL, OI ?

[ken mays]

Guy,

Check out the Brother MFC-9560CDW. 

~ Ken Mays


--- On Thu, 2/17/11, Guy Woolley  wrote:

> From: Guy Woolley 
> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer, for 
> OSOL, OI ?
> To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" 
> Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 3:39 PM
>   Thanks - just Googled this
> model; seems to be B&W laser printer - 
> right ? Did I miss something ?
> 
> I was asking about colour laser printer (+ copy, scan,fax
> etc, 
> preferably with auto duplex) on OI/OSOL.
> 
> Guy
> 
> 
> 
> On 02/17/11 02:13 PM, ken mays wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Toss in review of Xerox WorkCentre 3220 MFP ($200-$300
> USD).
> >
> > ~ Ken Mays
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 2/16/11, Hans J. Albertsson 
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Hans J. Albertsson
> >> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction
> colour laser printer, for OSOL, OI ?
> >> To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org
> >> Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 7:39 AM
> >> Depends on the quality of the print
> >> and scan.
> >>
> >> For my needs, i e any non-critical needs (for the
> real jobs
> >> we have special equipment) I settled on an HP
> CM1312nfi
> >> MFP.
> >>
> >> It works with OI, and it even says so in the
> marketing
> >> blurbs. (It says solaris, but that's almost as
> good.)
> >>
> >> I had no problem, I used it in postscript mode
> only, until
> >> I could get my head around CUPS.
> >>
> >> Scanning and fax are NOT supported in OI, as far
> as I can
> >> see!
> >> I would like to be proven wrong: but xscanimage
> and xsane
> >> just crash.
> >> It's not duplex, but I think there's a version for
> that at
> >> another 1-200 dollars.
> >>
> >> This is at home, but we use it professionally.
> >>
> >> For scanning we whip out a VBox XP, fax is used
> from the
> >> printer itself.
> >>
> >> I was surprised at the number of companies and
> private
> >> citizens out there that are much easier to
> communicate with
> >> on fax...
> >>> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:51:13 +0800
> >>> From: Christopher Chan
> >>> To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org
> >>> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss]
> Multifunction
> >> colour laser printer
> >>>      for OSOL, OI ?
> >>> Message-ID:<4d5b1f81.3090...@bradbury.edu.hk>
> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;
> >> format=flowed
> >>> On Tuesday, February 15, 2011 05:24 PM, Guy
> Woolley
> >> wrote:
> >>>> Hello all,
> >>>> Does anyone have positive experience of a
> >> currently available (not
> >>>> legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer
> (duplex
> >> printing,copy, scan,
> >>>> fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or
> >> OpenIndiana ?
> >>> I suppose you are not interested in the scan
> and fax
> >> functions?
> >>> Are there any that are supported?
> >>>
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer, for OSOL, OI ?

[Guy Woolley]

 Thanks - just Googled this model; seems to be B&W laser printer - 
right ? Did I miss something ?


I was asking about colour laser printer (+ copy, scan,fax etc, 
preferably with auto duplex) on OI/OSOL.


Guy



On 02/17/11 02:13 PM, ken mays wrote:

Hello,

Toss in review of Xerox WorkCentre 3220 MFP ($200-$300 USD).

~ Ken Mays


--- On Wed, 2/16/11, Hans J. Albertsson  wrote:


From: Hans J. Albertsson
Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer, for 
OSOL, OI ?
To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 7:39 AM
Depends on the quality of the print
and scan.

For my needs, i e any non-critical needs (for the real jobs
we have special equipment) I settled on an HP CM1312nfi
MFP.

It works with OI, and it even says so in the marketing
blurbs. (It says solaris, but that's almost as good.)

I had no problem, I used it in postscript mode only, until
I could get my head around CUPS.

Scanning and fax are NOT supported in OI, as far as I can
see!
I would like to be proven wrong: but xscanimage and xsane
just crash.
It's not duplex, but I think there's a version for that at
another 1-200 dollars.

This is at home, but we use it professionally.

For scanning we whip out a VBox XP, fax is used from the
printer itself.

I was surprised at the number of companies and private
citizens out there that are much easier to communicate with
on fax...

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:51:13 +0800
From: Christopher Chan
To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org
Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction

colour laser printer

 for OSOL, OI ?
Message-ID:<4d5b1f81.3090...@bradbury.edu.hk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;

format=flowed

On Tuesday, February 15, 2011 05:24 PM, Guy Woolley

wrote:

Hello all,
Does anyone have positive experience of a

currently available (not

legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer (duplex

printing,copy, scan,

fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or

OpenIndiana ?

I suppose you are not interested in the scan and fax

functions?

Are there any that are supported?


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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer, for OSOL, OI ?

[ken mays]

Hello,

Toss in review of Xerox WorkCentre 3220 MFP ($200-$300 USD).

~ Ken Mays


--- On Wed, 2/16/11, Hans J. Albertsson  wrote:

> From: Hans J. Albertsson 
> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer, for 
> OSOL, OI ?
> To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org
> Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 7:39 AM
> Depends on the quality of the print
> and scan.
> 
> For my needs, i e any non-critical needs (for the real jobs
> we have special equipment) I settled on an HP CM1312nfi
> MFP.
> 
> It works with OI, and it even says so in the marketing
> blurbs. (It says solaris, but that's almost as good.)
> 
> I had no problem, I used it in postscript mode only, until
> I could get my head around CUPS.
> 
> Scanning and fax are NOT supported in OI, as far as I can
> see!
> I would like to be proven wrong: but xscanimage and xsane
> just crash.
> It's not duplex, but I think there's a version for that at
> another 1-200 dollars.
> 
> This is at home, but we use it professionally.
> 
> For scanning we whip out a VBox XP, fax is used from the
> printer itself.
> 
> I was surprised at the number of companies and private
> citizens out there that are much easier to communicate with
> on fax...
> > Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:51:13 +0800
> > From: Christopher Chan
> > To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org
> > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction
> colour laser printer
> >     for OSOL, OI ?
> > Message-ID:<4d5b1f81.3090...@bradbury.edu.hk>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;
> format=flowed
> > 
> > On Tuesday, February 15, 2011 05:24 PM, Guy Woolley
> wrote:
> >> Hello all,
> >> Does anyone have positive experience of a
> currently available (not
> >> legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer (duplex
> printing,copy, scan,
> >> fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or
> OpenIndiana ?
> >> 
> > I suppose you are not interested in the scan and fax
> functions?
> > 
> > Are there any that are supported?
> > 
> 
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer, for OSOL, OI ?

[Hans J. Albertsson]

Depends on the quality of the print and scan.

For my needs, i e any non-critical needs (for the real jobs we have 
special equipment) I settled on an HP CM1312nfi MFP.


It works with OI, and it even says so in the marketing blurbs. (It says 
solaris, but that's almost as good.)


I had no problem, I used it in postscript mode only, until I could get 
my head around CUPS.


Scanning and fax are NOT supported in OI, as far as I can see!
I would like to be proven wrong: but xscanimage and xsane just crash.
It's not duplex, but I think there's a version for that at another 1-200 
dollars.


This is at home, but we use it professionally.

For scanning we whip out a VBox XP, fax is used from the printer itself.

I was surprised at the number of companies and private citizens out 
there that are much easier to communicate with on fax...

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:51:13 +0800
From: Christopher Chan
To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org
Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer
        for OSOL, OI ?
Message-ID:<4d5b1f81.3090...@bradbury.edu.hk>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

On Tuesday, February 15, 2011 05:24 PM, Guy Woolley wrote:

Hello all,
Does anyone have positive experience of a currently available (not
legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer (duplex printing,copy, scan,
fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or OpenIndiana ?


I suppose you are not interested in the scan and fax functions?

Are there any that are supported?



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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer for OSOL, OI ?

[Guy Woolley]

 Fax is of no interest, but the scanning facility is - otherwise we 
wouldn't be looking at multifunction printers.


Buried deep in the Samsung "Unified Linux driver" for the CLX-6220FX I 
mentioned originally, there are 2 folders named CUPS and SANE, but I see 
no sign of a ppd file and it comes with a (Linux) install script so I'm 
not clear what OI would make of it. Your final question is the same as 
mine - are there any such printers supported ?


On 02/16/11 12:51 AM, Christopher Chan wrote:

On Tuesday, February 15, 2011 05:24 PM, Guy Woolley wrote:

Hello all,
Does anyone have positive experience of a currently available (not
legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer (duplex printing,copy, scan,
fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or OpenIndiana ?



I suppose you are not interested in the scan and fax functions?

Are there any that are supported?

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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer for OSOL, OI ?

[Christopher Chan]

On Tuesday, February 15, 2011 05:24 PM, Guy Woolley wrote:

Hello all,
Does anyone have positive experience of a currently available (not
legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer (duplex printing,copy, scan,
fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or OpenIndiana ?



I suppose you are not interested in the scan and fax functions?

Are there any that are supported?

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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer for OSOL, OI ?

[Guy Woolley]

 Thanks for the advice - I'll keep looking. The Lexmark's look 
attractive (Model 544DN and relatives) but the spec details show Sparc 
8,9,10 and X86-Solaris 10, but no sign of Solaris 11.


Cheers

Guy

On 02/15/11 02:06 PM, Ken Gunderson wrote:

On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 09:24 +, Guy Woolley wrote:

Hello all,
   Does anyone have positive experience of a currently
available (not legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer (duplex
printing,copy, scan, fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or OpenIndiana ?

I have located 2 possible models:

Samsung CLX-6220FX

No experience here.


Manufacturer mentions a "Unified driver for Linux"

Brother DCP-9055CDN

Experience with a few Brother models.  Presently an MFC-8860DN and
HL-1650N.  A few others at various client sites that I forget the model
numbers off the top of my head.

In my experience the key, at least w.r.t. the printing side is to get a
Postscript printer.  HP invented their competing printer control
language because they didn't want to have to pay Adobe royalties where
more of the processing is done client side and requires client side
drivers.  With Postscript printers most (all?) processing is done by the
printer engine.  Hence, as long as you have a postscript printer
definition file (ppd) you're good to go.  Otherwise you end up with
reverse engineered foomatic and may end up with a lag between release
and CUPS support.


manufacturer mentions CUPS driver download.

Now that CUPS is become defacto *nix standard, it's good to see some
manufacturers supporting it out of the gate.  But I'd still opt for a
Postscript, or Brother's functionally equivalent "BR Script" printer -
they'll run forever w/o any need for driver updates.

AFAIK, CUPS is not going to get your scanner or fax working though.  For
scanner you need SANE and I've minimal experience there.  I think HPLIP
gives SANE an interface to HP scanners but haven't a clue as to which
models are currently supported.


Any other suggestions v. welcome - or even report that the above do NOT
work, or that there is no such thing would be very useful.

Were I you, I'd also be looking at Lexmark.


I've tried openprinting.org but didn't get anywhere.

Thanks

Guy

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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer for OSOL, OI ?

[Guy Woolley]

 Thanks very much for the info. The Samsung "Unified driver for Linux" 
package has buried deep in it two folders named "CUPS" and "SANE", so 
fingers crossed it might work with OI148 (it does indeed have CUPS 
management via localhost:631). On the other hand looking at those 
folders there's no apparent reference to any .ppd file. So I'm a bit 
confused as to what is being offered. Bizarrely Samsung.co.uk Support 
doesn't have an email contact though I could write them a letter (!) or 
telephone (chances of speaking to someone familiar with the Solaris 11 
family at the end of the phone probably about 0). I'll keep digging and 
report back any success.


Guy

On 02/15/11 12:47 PM, Bruce Hoiem wrote:
OSol, including Oracle Solaris 11 Express, and OI-147 all have the 
CUPS printing system, so all you need is the ppd file for the printer 
you choose. I haven't checked OI-148, but suspect it keeps CUPS. I did 
check OI-147 on VirtualBox with the LiveCD install.


The Brother DCP-9055CDN is not listed in the CUPS Add Printer dialog, 
but you have an option to add the PPD file ("CUPS driver") for it. 
Likewise, the Samsung printer isn't list, but you said you can get the 
PPD file from Samsung. You might check that the Linux driver is the 
PPD file.


My recent printer is an HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 all-in-one, and it 
prints simplex and duplex. I haven't done any host-initiated scanning 
(don't know if it is possible.) The OS's I've used with it are 
OpenSolaris 2009.06, snv_134, and Oracle Solaris 11 Express, and I had 
to find and then add the PPD file for it.


Configure CUPS with http://localhost:631 in a web browser. There are 
comprehensive help pages there, too.


HTH,
Bruce

On 02/15/11 02:24, Guy Woolley wrote:

 Hello all,
 Does anyone have positive experience of a currently 
available (not legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer (duplex 
printing,copy, scan, fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or 
OpenIndiana ?


I have located 2 possible models:

Samsung CLX-6220FX

Manufacturer mentions a "Unified driver for Linux"

Brother DCP-9055CDN

manufacturer mentions CUPS driver download.

Any other suggestions v. welcome - or even report that the above do 
NOT work, or that there is no such thing would be very useful.


I've tried openprinting.org but didn't get anywhere.

Thanks

Guy

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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer for OSOL, OI ?

[Ken Gunderson]

On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 09:24 +, Guy Woolley wrote:
> Hello all,
>   Does anyone have positive experience of a currently 
> available (not legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer (duplex 
> printing,copy, scan, fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or OpenIndiana ?
> 
> I have located 2 possible models:
> 
> Samsung CLX-6220FX

No experience here.

> Manufacturer mentions a "Unified driver for Linux"
> 
> Brother DCP-9055CDN

Experience with a few Brother models.  Presently an MFC-8860DN and
HL-1650N.  A few others at various client sites that I forget the model
numbers off the top of my head.

In my experience the key, at least w.r.t. the printing side is to get a
Postscript printer.  HP invented their competing printer control
language because they didn't want to have to pay Adobe royalties where
more of the processing is done client side and requires client side
drivers.  With Postscript printers most (all?) processing is done by the
printer engine.  Hence, as long as you have a postscript printer
definition file (ppd) you're good to go.  Otherwise you end up with
reverse engineered foomatic and may end up with a lag between release
and CUPS support. 

> manufacturer mentions CUPS driver download.

Now that CUPS is become defacto *nix standard, it's good to see some
manufacturers supporting it out of the gate.  But I'd still opt for a
Postscript, or Brother's functionally equivalent "BR Script" printer -
they'll run forever w/o any need for driver updates.  

AFAIK, CUPS is not going to get your scanner or fax working though.  For
scanner you need SANE and I've minimal experience there.  I think HPLIP
gives SANE an interface to HP scanners but haven't a clue as to which
models are currently supported.

> 
> Any other suggestions v. welcome - or even report that the above do NOT 
> work, or that there is no such thing would be very useful.

Were I you, I'd also be looking at Lexmark.

> I've tried openprinting.org but didn't get anywhere.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Guy
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer for OSOL, OI ?

[McBofh]

On 15/02/11 07:24 PM, Guy Woolley wrote:

Hello all,
Does anyone have positive experience of a currently available (not
legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer (duplex printing,copy,
scan, fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or OpenIndiana ?

I have located 2 possible models:

Samsung CLX-6220FX

Manufacturer mentions a "Unified driver for Linux"

Brother DCP-9055CDN

manufacturer mentions CUPS driver download.

Any other suggestions v. welcome - or even report that the above do
NOT work, or that there is no such thing would be very useful.

I've tried openprinting.org but didn't get anywhere.


Hello Guy,
My experience recently has been with Canon and Epson. Both
companies claim to be opensource-friendly, but Canon's openness
only extends as far as giving you pre-compiled linux binary
blobs for its actual raster engine.

Epson, on the other hand, provides proper buildable source for
their consumer-grade inkjets (I've got the Stylus Photo TX810fw)
and it works very nicely indeed. The only quibble I've got is
that I still need to hack on the ppd so it'll do duplexing for
me. But that's not a high priority at the moment.

Epson's drivers are available via http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver,
and they do have a section for lasers.


Once you've got their bits installed, it's very easy to tell
CUPS about them, and away you go.


McB


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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer for OSOL, OI ?

[Bruce Hoiem]

OSol, including Oracle Solaris 11 Express, and OI-147 all have the CUPS 
printing system, so all you need is the ppd file for the printer you 
choose. I haven't checked OI-148, but suspect it keeps CUPS. I did check 
OI-147 on VirtualBox with the LiveCD install.


The Brother DCP-9055CDN is not listed in the CUPS Add Printer dialog, 
but you have an option to add the PPD file ("CUPS driver") for it. 
Likewise, the Samsung printer isn't list, but you said you can get the 
PPD file from Samsung. You might check that the Linux driver is the PPD 
file.


My recent printer is an HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 all-in-one, and it prints 
simplex and duplex. I haven't done any host-initiated scanning (don't 
know if it is possible.) The OS's I've used with it are OpenSolaris 
2009.06, snv_134, and Oracle Solaris 11 Express, and I had to find and 
then add the PPD file for it.


Configure CUPS with http://localhost:631 in a web browser. There are 
comprehensive help pages there, too.


HTH,
Bruce

On 02/15/11 02:24, Guy Woolley wrote:

 Hello all,
 Does anyone have positive experience of a currently 
available (not legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer (duplex 
printing,copy, scan, fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or 
OpenIndiana ?


I have located 2 possible models:

Samsung CLX-6220FX

Manufacturer mentions a "Unified driver for Linux"

Brother DCP-9055CDN

manufacturer mentions CUPS driver download.

Any other suggestions v. welcome - or even report that the above do 
NOT work, or that there is no such thing would be very useful.


I've tried openprinting.org but didn't get anywhere.

Thanks

Guy

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[OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer for OSOL, OI ?

[Guy Woolley]

 Hello all,
 Does anyone have positive experience of a currently 
available (not legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer (duplex 
printing,copy, scan, fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or OpenIndiana ?


I have located 2 possible models:

Samsung CLX-6220FX

Manufacturer mentions a "Unified driver for Linux"

Brother DCP-9055CDN

manufacturer mentions CUPS driver download.

Any other suggestions v. welcome - or even report that the above do NOT 
work, or that there is no such thing would be very useful.


I've tried openprinting.org but didn't get anywhere.

Thanks

Guy

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