Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 23:01:22 -0800 (PST) From: Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net> To: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: APS Filter/JetDirect report Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.981109224036.15750L-100000@ds9.dreamhaven.org>
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It finally works!!!!!!!!!!
Now that the excitement is done, please allow me to describe what was
required to get it going:
1) Thanks to some people on this list, reading the APSFilter FAQ, and some
insights from (of all places) one of the Linux How-To's, I got a working
printcap. In addition to changing the "lp" entries to point to /dev/null,
I needed to add an additional printcap entry as follows:
remote|remotep|JetDirect EX Plus:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:rm=runabout:\
:rp=raw:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/remote/log:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
where "runabout" is the hostname of my JetDirect.
Once that was done, I tried another printout.. a simple one, my .login
file. Instead of getting my .login, though, I got a single line printed
out on the printer that said:
-r must be followed by <res> or <xres>x<yres>
Which leads to...
2) Upon looking at the apsfilter script, I found where it was trying to
add the -r parameter in this section of the script: (this is kind of
long)
if [ -z "$GS_RESOL" ]
then
# default is _not_ to fiddle around with
# ghostscripts printer driver resolution
PRINT_PS=" gs \
-q \
-sDEVICE=${PRINTER} \
-sPAPERSIZE=${PAPERSIZE} \
-dNOPAUSE \
-dSAFER \
-sOutputFile=- \
${GS_FEATURES} \
${PS_INIT} \
- "
else
# if we urgently need another resolution
# then we use it (selectable in /etc/apsfilterrc
# or in $HOME/apsfilterrc)
PRINT_PS=" gs \
-q \
-r${GS_RESOL} \
-sDEVICE=${PRINTER} \
-sPAPERSIZE=${PAPERSIZE} \
-dNOPAUSE \
-dSAFER \
-sOutputFile=- \
${GS_FEATURES} \
${PS_INIT} \
- "
fi
I don't know how it's happening, but somehow the GS_RESOL variable is
being set, but to a blank value, so that it's trying to call apsfilter
with the -r option, but nothing after it. The solution was to simply pull
out the line with the -r, and after that, I'm now printing and having a
great time of it!
I realize this mail is probably somewhat superfluous, but at least if
anyone has trouble with this in the future, well... here's your solution!
:) And who knows, maybe this will end up in the mailing list archives.
Thanks again to everyone for their help on this!!
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* Bryce Newall * Email: data@dreamhaven.net *
* WWW: http://home.dreamhaven.net/~data *
* "Insanity takes its toll. Please have exact change." *
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