Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 00:45:01 +0200 From: Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@orion.redesjm.local> To: h <h@erathia.be> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: apsfilter dependencies bug report Message-ID: <20050605224501.GA3953@orion.redesjm.local> In-Reply-To: <200506052056.33227.h@erathia.be> References: <200506052056.33227.h@erathia.be>
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On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 08:56:31PM +0200, h wrote: > hi all, > > i have bought a HP 5740 color printer that i claim to get to work in FreeBSD > with apsfilter. > maybe true > after some investigation it turned out best bet is to declare it as a HP 990C. > but when i select that from 9) various HP Deskjet drivers or 11) official HP > DeskJet drivers (hpijs 0.97), i get the following error message: > This driver set can't work with FreeBSD ports any more. Now, you must use the libijs method > === > Which driver do you want to choose? > [Hit RETURN to see the list again, enter 0 to choose new type.] > > Enter number: 158 > > Error: Your gs version doesn't have driver "hpijs" compiled in... > Select another driver or build a new gs version with complete or customized > driver support. > > Now you'll see a list of drivers supported by your gs version... > === > > yet i do have hpijs compiled in: > > # ls /var/db/pkg|grep hp > hpijs-1.7.1 > > i even recompiled ghostscript on the top of reinstalling it, and then rebuild > apsfilter. > > when i try to declare it as a HP 990 from 12) official HP DeskJet drivers > (hpijs 1.1 and later), i can print a color test page successfully, but when i > try to print from gimp, as the only printer (overwrite config), i can only > select 600dpi, but it's a 1200 dpi, how do i force it to be 1200? > This is the correct path, although you may need some hand tweak. > when i try to add a printer on the top of my monochrome laser, and select the > new filter to print, i get "PS Adobe 3 Creator" something on the first page > with some junk, then the printer pulls all blank pages from the tray. > You're doing a direct printing of a PS file. Maybe your laser doesn't have PS support. > thanks for any clues Try correct locate your printers on http://www.linuxprinting.org and send us what are the supported and prefered drivers. This is the first step. -- josemi
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