Subject: Re: Mac 10.3 trouble printing on Sharp printer/copier
To: Yau-Gene Chan <ygchan@itu.edu>
From: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/28/2004 16:51:41
On 28-Sep-04, at 4:15 PM, Yau-Gene Chan wrote:
> Hope this is the right place to ask questions...
Definitely not.
> I have a Mac running OS 10.3. I have been told this OS is built off
> FreeBSD 4.7. I have a Sharp (AR-M550OU) copier/printer at work, but
> the dealer is telling me I must pay for Postscript to be put on the
> machine in order to have my Mac run the copier/printer.
We are not apple.
We are not FreeBSD.
> Is this true? And if OS 10.3 is actually FreeBSD 4.7 anyway, is there
> a direct way for FreeBSD to run the printer?
>
No. It's not true.
You need in install "ghostscript". I recommend you pay your dealer to
do that for you. It's not difficult to do.