Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 18:42:30 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: dgmm <freebsd01@dgmm.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Epson Stylus C86 Printer Message-ID: <1116369749.86936.72.camel@chaucer> In-Reply-To: <200505172044.11060.freebsd01@dgmm.net> References: <1116207303.86936.60.camel@chaucer> <200505172044.11060.freebsd01@dgmm.net>
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On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 15:44, dgmm wrote: > On Monday 16 May 2005 02:35, Mike Jeays wrote: > > I have just bought one of these printers, and am having trouble getting > > it to work with ghostscript. It is connected via a USB port, and it > > responds momentarily when I send anything directly to /dev/ulpt0. > > > > I would appreciate the correct parameters for ghostscript - I think it > > should work with device ijs and 'server' ijsgimpprint, which has been > > installed in /usr/local/bin. > > > > Some of the instructions recommend CUPS and FooMatic, and seem much more > > complicated than I ought to need for a local installation. > > > > I tested the printer with Windows, and it does work. > > Try /dev/unlpt0 > > Note the "n" ;-) > That was a really useful hint, thanks! escputil now works, but my ghostscript filter still needs work.
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