trouble installing new printer

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of
>ivan.roth at free.fr
>Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:21 AM
>To: tedm at toybox.placo.com
>Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>Subject: RE: trouble installing new printer
>
>
>Hi Ted,
>
>don't worry about what your mail sounds, it is ok :)
>
>You're right on every points. I do not need to print so much.
>In fact, I am
>translating the printing chapter of the handbook to french and
>I just wanted to
>test the parallel interface. I bought this printer for 70$
>(approx.). In fact,
>it is just the cost for knowledge :)
>
>Yes I should have choose a compatible printer, but it was the
>cheapest one and I
>am sure I will have good results. Some website pointed me to
>the BJC-8200 driver
>and I got some results with the BJC-800 one.
>
>I am not a politic man but I think one company you may consider
>working for open
>source is HP, especially when they give the FBSD foundation
>important gifts. I
>worked for them and I had to change my job because of their
>restructuration
>plan (I was like a "collateral damage", not a directly "fired" guy).
>
>Everybody will have his point of view. I promised myself never buy Canon
>printers again after my i320.
>
>But for sure, when time will come for me to have an
>"everyday-printing printer",
>I will choose it carefuly, and spend as much money as necessary.
>
>
>P.S: a simple PS just about USB printers: the chapter I am translating
>(http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/printing.html)
>said "USB is
>superior to RS-232 Serial and to Parallel for printing, but it
>is not as well
>supported under UNIX® systems."
>I will test USB connection of course and maybe submit an update for this
>chapter.
>

Also you can try changing the mode of the parallel port, from ecp to
centronics, etc.  That can sometimes help.

Ted