fyi: all-in-one, postscript printer

[Andrew Gould]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 5:19 AM, Man-wai Chang <mwchang at hkbn.net> wrote:
>> Finding a good printer was a real struggle while using FreeBSD (which
>> is now a moot point).  However, I found an all-in-one, postscript
>> printer that's still commonly available.  Lexmark's Pro915 speaks
>> postscript, so I was able to configure it as a generic postscript
>> printer using CUPS.
>
> There should be postscript software drivers that decipher postscript
> input into codes for non-postscript printers?
>
> --

Until recently, I was running FreeBSD, where printer drivers are
problematic.  The ability of a printer to speak postscript simplifies
the situation greatly.  CUPS handles this printer fine using the
generic postscript driver.

I wasn't able to scan from the device over the network, but that's
also true for all of the computers/operating systems in the house.
I've been told that network printing/scanning is often problematic
when an ATT U-verse router is in the way. At least printing is
working.  I can scan to a USB thumb drive as a scanning work-around.

Andrew