From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 28 20:29:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2E7B10656AE for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 20:29:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BE088FC1F for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 20:29:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-65-8.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.65.8]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B46116C003E; Thu, 28 May 2009 22:29:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id n4SKTmiF010813; Thu, 28 May 2009 22:29:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 22:29:48 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Wojciech Puchar Message-Id: <20090528222948.6d1649b0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <23711563.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090525154816.3cee4b9a@scorpio> <20090526144939.d21275c2.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090527133706.1a6e4612@scorpio> <20090528083057.554dca76@scorpio> <20090528090941.1b39b676@scorpio> <20090528183141.107ff3e4.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090528170909.GA1841@phenom.cordula.ws> <20090528193719.97764c30.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090528220640.77ebc490.freebsd@edvax.de> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: cpghost , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Canon printer and TurboPrint X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 20:29:56 -0000 On Thu, 28 May 2009 22:24:46 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > > in general, I would agree, but some BASIC FUNCTIONALITY should > > be brought by the printer itself, and if it's only ASCII printing, > > so things like > > > > % ls /etc > /dev/ulpt0 > > what's wrong in ls /etc|lpr > ? The problem is that by default, no printer is talked to. If the printer has PS or PCL, gs or even apsfilter will help. The above command works, for example, with a line printer (dotmatrix printer) with NO driver, even works with a HP Laserjet - it uses the built-in text fonts to print the text. I just wish "modern" printers would at least have a single font for text printing - and finally a driver for FreeBSD (or much better, a standard compliance that makes use of PS, PCL or something similar). > it's even easier to set up that standard than it was to set up PCL > standard. > [...] > incredibly simple to implement both in printer and software. > > but looks like too difficult for manufacturers. When they would tell on the box "Works with every system, no driver needed", the customer would surely think that something is missing, like "batteries not includec" - "What? I have to buy extra batteries? No way!" :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...