Samsung SCX-4200 printer

[Holger Kipp]

On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 12:11:27PM +0100, Harald Weis wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 07:01:02PM -0500, Alex Goncharov wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 11:26:23PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:44:03PM +0100, Erwan David wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 05:36:35PM CET, Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen at broadpark.no> said:
> > > > > On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:14:22 +0100
> > > > > Harald Weis <hawei at free.fr> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Is there a way to install the SCX-4200 printer on a FreeBSD box ?
> > > > > > The printer is delivered with the install software required for Linux.
> > > > > > And CUPS does not seem to "know" it.
> > > > It is not always sufficient. My Brother DCP-540 CN is said to work
> > > > perfectly, but only with brother binary linux drivers, under linux. I
> > > > did not find any way to make it work under freeBSD.
> > > 
> > > This should be a FAQ: do yourself a favor and get a printer that
> > > supports postscript. It will work with little effort with most
> > > UNIX-based program (because they usually support postscript output) and
> > > with most spoolers.
> > 
> > Try to install the cupsys, cupsys-bsd, cupsomatic-ppd and foomatic-db
> 
> None of these exist in the FreeBSD port index (/usr/ports/INDEX-7)

foomatic-db => /usr/ports/print/foomatic-db

looking for cupsys on the internet will give results like
"cupsys" renamed to "cups" (at least for debian).

Best regards,
Holger