From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DF7D138010 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:08:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E59F21C007; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:08:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F3E921C03F for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:06:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcjg15 with SMTP id jg15so2267660bkc.40 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:06:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=c7o7tAXtFnsj/ZZ0Yf6ZezHvYNbkOaIbV+Khlsh97JE=; b=ZAfphkMFTbiFY6yK12VMRSmjfleimdD5H/QdaH+DRme1tfiCAMwzsWTsONeeL746SU sWkKPc6pOnEilUJO2uYQsjsdqj4d7vNbCKhVHGBWQ5lddmo2hrzIJFE2wJnpWGKPNnRd W3tk/+L8IjBKa5DN+vwGBy1vvjbIoQ/JKDeKwa9rpcXBfe1LNAASsWyEOah7NvuOfvY5 oL5IW6cGta619lwhhwt3nVK/ywBnvv7n3q7IgwSJDaajfnAX7egzFzviS7S9ujfmIEzG u+Z9wjhcd2a7Bjw8ypO2w8KVy21BQvNsYVTLPv5usREUudM50tfvpqQzer5x2yPlOPpQ XChA== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.28.167 with SMTP id c7mr1918202lbh.102.1348772809163; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:06:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.128.105 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:06:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201209242308.32751.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:06:48 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: new printer suggestions? From: Chris Stankevitz To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 6619ad9d-6f7e-4eb0-b8ea-1a3899ba81b4 X-Archives-Hash: 85e66b7375251d78e9a6e2d6f5ff2d10 On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Michael Trausch wrote: > I have used Lexmark lasers (mono and > color) for > They work with > standard PostScript drivers out of the box Michael, Are you saying that you were able to print to your Lexmark laser printers by more or less following these steps: 1. buy a computer, install gentoo 2. buy a lexmark mono or laser printer, plug it into computer via usb 3. emerge net-print/cups 4. Do something with "standard postscript drivers" (??? please elaborate on this) 5. Visit the local cups webpage, add new printer, select "lexmark" 6. print Notably absent from this list: PCL, IPP, foomatic, hplip, ppds, binary, drivers, manufacturer website visits, etc Thank you! Chris