[OpenIndiana-discuss] Multifunction colour laser printer for OSOL, OI ?

[Bruce Hoiem]

OSol, including Oracle Solaris 11 Express, and OI-147 all have the CUPS 
printing system, so all you need is the ppd file for the printer you 
choose. I haven't checked OI-148, but suspect it keeps CUPS. I did check 
OI-147 on VirtualBox with the LiveCD install.

The Brother DCP-9055CDN is not listed in the CUPS Add Printer dialog, 
but you have an option to add the PPD file ("CUPS driver") for it. 
Likewise, the Samsung printer isn't list, but you said you can get the 
PPD file from Samsung. You might check that the Linux driver is the PPD 
file.

My recent printer is an HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 all-in-one, and it prints 
simplex and duplex. I haven't done any host-initiated scanning (don't 
know if it is possible.) The OS's I've used with it are OpenSolaris 
2009.06, snv_134, and Oracle Solaris 11 Express, and I had to find and 
then add the PPD file for it.

Configure CUPS with http://localhost:631 in a web browser. There are 
comprehensive help pages there, too.

HTH,
Bruce

On 02/15/11 02:24, Guy Woolley wrote:
>  Hello all,
>              Does anyone have positive experience of a currently 
> available (not legacy) Multifunction colour laser printer (duplex 
> printing,copy, scan, fax) running under recent OpenSolaris or 
> OpenIndiana ?
>
> I have located 2 possible models:
>
> Samsung CLX-6220FX
>
> Manufacturer mentions a "Unified driver for Linux"
>
> Brother DCP-9055CDN
>
> manufacturer mentions CUPS driver download.
>
> Any other suggestions v. welcome - or even report that the above do 
> NOT work, or that there is no such thing would be very useful.
>
> I've tried openprinting.org but didn't get anywhere.
>
> Thanks
>
> Guy
>
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