From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 17 11:46: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com [65.24.0.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C99837B406 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2001 11:45:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@iowna.com) Received: from iowna.com (dhcp065-024-023-038.columbus.rr.com [65.24.23.38]) by clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f5HIgYs17158; Sun, 17 Jun 2001 14:42:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3B2CFAAC.9A7BB1C2@iowna.com> Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 14:45:00 -0400 From: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: outlawtx@bga.com Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: connecting postscript network printer References: <5.0.2.1.2.20010617125055.037bba00@bga.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 outlawtx@bga.com wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a Hewlett-Packard IIISi printer connected directly to my local area > network. It is a postscript printer. How do I get FreeBSD to talk to > it. I am running version 4.2 of FreeBSD. If it's a network printer (connected via ethernet) check to see if it does LPD print spooling, if so, you can use the native LPD daemon. Then look into either magicfilter or apsfilter - both of which will automagically convert print jobs to the correct postscript format for you. Personally, I use magicfilter, but I don't know if there's any advantage to one or the other of these. -Bill -- If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then what can I get for two hands in the bush? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message