From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 1 21: 0:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C2AC37B401 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 21:00:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from badboy.mail.pas.earthlink.net (badboy.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14CE243E42 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 21:00:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parv_fm@mailsent.net) Received: from falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net (falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.74]) by badboy.mail.pas.earthlink.net (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g923lUE10502 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 20:47:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sdn-ap-020dcwashp0292.dialsprint.net ([63.191.137.38] helo=moo.holy.cow) by falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17waQy-0006Jd-00; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 20:44:25 -0700 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 37078B299; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 23:47:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 23:47:03 -0400 From: parv To: Pascal Giannakakis Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to quickly setup a network printer? Message-ID: <20021002034702.GB12548@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Pascal Giannakakis , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <27662.1033474784@www38.gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <27662.1033474784@www38.gmx.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG in message <27662.1033474784@www38.gmx.net>, wrote Pascal Giannakakis thusly... > > FreeBSD 4.6.2 WS + Epson EPL-N1600 Laser Printer @ network > > How do i set 'em up quickly and mostly automated? create a shell script to install enscript from ports and to create an enscript shell script to be used as the input filter. create another shell script to edit /etc/printcap as appropriate. test. fine tune. you have automated the process for future use. i specify/like enscript instead of apsfilter as it's light & doesn't install tons of unnecessary software. enscript changes text files to postscript and lets PS & PDF files go thru as is. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message