Before replacing my expiring inkjet printer I thought I'd ask
the list: does anyone still use lp(1) nowadays, and are there
printers currently on the market which work well with Plan 9?
Actually, I do. If you can find a printer with PostScript compatibility and
configure it correctly in /sys/lib/lp/devices, it works great.
My printer is a laser printer and not an inkjet, however. Specific model is
a Brother MFC8710DW. Unfortunately it seems to be discontinued now. It has
PostScri
I use this with lp(1):
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M281fdw
I just looked for something that could speak postscript.
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> are there printers currently on the market which work well with Plan 9?
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> A true Postscript printer (which will work) requires the OEM paying
royalties to Adobe so won't be the cheapest solution. You may be better off
sacrificing one of your old RPI boards to Linux and using that as your
co
> You may be better off
> sacrificing one of your old RPI boards to Linux and using that as your
> common printer interface to the large set of supported printer devices
Sounds practical. Years ago I used a Mac for a CUPS server, until a
MacOS opgrade suddenly made it stop working with lp(1), and
the downside is that you'd need to deal with CUPS!
On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 12:42 PM Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote:
> > You may be better off
> > sacrificing one of your old RPI boards to Linux and using that as your
> > common printer interface to the large set of supported printer de
