From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue May 5 07:57:03 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A35E52DB651 for ; Tue, 5 May 2020 07:57:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.187]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49GXB634f7z4Tl5 for ; Tue, 5 May 2020 07:57:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([94.222.9.16]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue010 [212.227.15.167]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1M3D7V-1jYtFc3N3F-003gTn; Tue, 05 May 2020 09:56:57 +0200 Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 09:56:57 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Kurt Hackenberg Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Brother HL-L2340D printer and lpd? 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It's > supposed to include backward compatibility with PCL 5, but doesn't > always. So possibly what that printer understands has nothing to do with > ASCII. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_Command_Language > > I don't like it either, but there is heavy pressure to hold down the > cost of printers. Thank you, that is an important note! PCL backward compatibility might be the reason why the printer accepts PCL intended for a Laserjet 4 (I don't know, maybe PCL 3?), but doesn't actually print anything. So the printer filter will have to explicitely output PCL 6. That could be achieved using a different output device for gs, or using CUPS in combination with the PPD file provided by Brother. This of course brings you all the "joy" of using CUPS... ;-) Maybe this thread can also help: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2017-July/277994.html -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...