From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 29 13:48:26 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 1FC66106566C for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 13:48:26 +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 9A67E8FC08 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 13:48:25 +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 D2D0116C0085; Fri, 29 May 2009 15:48:24 +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 n4TDmI7q001780; Fri, 29 May 2009 15:48:18 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 15:48:18 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Wojciech Puchar Message-Id: <20090529154818.ef59e8c1.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> <20090528222948.6d1649b0.freebsd@edvax.de> <4a1f9e34.DbcPFQYdcplLHIxv%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20090529152519.2f268de9.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: perryh@pluto.rain.com, 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: Fri, 29 May 2009 13:48:26 -0000 On Fri, 29 May 2009 15:35:47 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > output PS when printing (that's a standard), the data can be sent > > directly to the printer that processes it. > > > > In case of PCL, apsfilter is quite okay, but you can "just" employ > > gs to do the work, so apsfilter is not neededly required. It can > > isn't apsfilter just using gs as backend? As far as I understood, it is. Driven by a text-mode menu, it lets you select printer by category and then uses gs to generate the input fed by an application into the printer's language. It helps to utilize the system's printer spooler. You can make settings regarding quality, printer connection, printer name, and other stuff. It's quite simple and easy to use, in the case you don't want to "get hands dirty" with /etc/printcap. :-) Anyway, it allows you to do something that CUPS won't: It lets you install a printer that is not attached to the system. Yes, I know, sounds stupid. :-) At the moment, I'm using it with some help by the de- list. I've added some extra gs flags to the configuration which is text file based (very comfortable), now everything works fine over parallel line. (My next goal is to achieve the same via network, shouldn't be a problem, worked before.) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...