Re: OT: printer, our cups port, and is-there-a-generic-laser?

2011-06-16 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:00:30 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > Also, see "lpd Printing With FreeBSD" > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html It's worth mentioning that real office printers (those that come with Ethernet) traditionally contain their own "lpd subsystem", so yo

Re: OT: printer, our cups port, and is-there-a-generic-laser?

2011-06-16 Thread Arthur Chance
On 06/16/11 07:28, Gary Kline wrote: is there a laser other than the brother {tm}? i mean, that the members of this org would go for? It depends how much printing you need it for, so check the manufacturer's specs. I've got a Kyocera FS-C5200DN, which is rated as a workgroup printer good for

Re: OT: printer, our cups port, and is-there-a-generic-laser?

2011-06-16 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Gary Kline wrote: we had a power out here this morning and besides it costing most of my day, it blew out my Brother laser printer. i just got it working FINALLY with our cups stuff. don't asked me how; other than i was using our olden lpr/lpd and had /etc/printcap. is th

Re: OT: printer, our cups port, and is-there-a-generic-laser?

2011-06-16 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Gary Kline wrote: > > we had a power out here this morning and besides it costing most of > my day, it blew out my Brother laser printer.  i just got it working > FINALLY with our cups stuff.  don't asked me how; other than i was > using our olden lpr/lpd and had /

Re: OT: printer, our cups port, and is-there-a-generic-laser?

2011-06-16 Thread Svein Skogen (Listmail account)
On 16.06.2011 08:28, Gary Kline wrote: > > we had a power out here this morning and besides it costing most of > my day, it blew out my Brother laser printer. i just got it working > FINALLY with our cups stuff. don't asked me how; other than i was > using our olden lpr/lpd and had /etc/printca

Re: OT: printer, our cups port, and is-there-a-generic-laser?

2011-06-16 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:28:08 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > is there a laser other than the brother {tm}? i mean, that the > members of this org would go for? Yes: Office printers, even used ones are fine. Pay attention that they have: - ethernet port - postscript - if not: P

OT: printer, our cups port, and is-there-a-generic-laser?

2011-06-15 Thread Gary Kline
we had a power out here this morning and besides it costing most of my day, it blew out my Brother laser printer. i just got it working FINALLY with our cups stuff. don't asked me how; other than i was using our olden lpr/lpd and had /etc/printcap. is there a laser other than the brother {tm}?