Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 23:06:13 -0400 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "rust" <leoric@fastlane.net> Subject: Re: printer Message-ID: <199809240306.XAA15313@laker.net>
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On Wed, 23 Sep 1998 23:05:00 -0500, rust wrote: >i was wondering does UNIX speak in postscript only >and i have 300-400 dollars to spend on a printer and i was thinking of >getting a laser printer that could understand postscript i would need >more money wouldnt i and could you reccomend a printer that is fairly >common and costs about that much You can use a "filter" program that will convert the postscript format into another format. The handbook has a section on printing. Go to http://www.freebsd.org/ and navigate to Documentation and then the handbook. Many people are using "ghostscript" which will convert postscript into, say, Hewlett Packard's PCL. You could, I believe, also convert to simple ASCII, but then you wouldn't have any graphics support. Also, see "ghostview" in the ports collection. And your budget for a printer is quite common. Many of us can't afford a $3000 printer. Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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