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On 09/02/2013 08:17 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: |
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> Given my ill luck with HP LaserJet M1212nf MFP, I don't want to buy |
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> anything more from HP, unless I get this printer working, and then |
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> I'd need toner. |
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> My ill luck was with FreeBSD and NetBSD, and hplip makes assumptions |
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> on Linux file structure that are different in the BSDs. |
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> I do intend to try with Linux, and also try the MS-Windows drivers on |
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> FreeBSD with wine. |
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I've found that the postscript-printer-definition (ppd) files included |
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in net-print/gutenprint work much better for me than the ones included |
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in net-print/hplip, which is published by HP. |
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I've also heard other people grumble about the quality of HP printer |
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drivers not being as good as HP printers, but that's just hearsay :) |
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