Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:20:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> To: Tim <tms@psiklone.com> Cc: "Gallagher, Mick" <mick.gallagher@roke.co.uk>, "'questions@FreeBSD.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Support for Epson printer Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004041612590.93547-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> In-Reply-To: <00040409532201.02086@psiklone.dyndns.org>
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Printer support is based on the rendering software and the filters, not the operating system (unless it's one of those crippled WinPrinters). Yes you will need ghostscript, but you will also need an input filter to format the output for the printer. Yes, you will need an input filter for text the majority of the time, unless you like staircase format. Here are some print filters available from FreeBSD's ports: (I recommend magicfilter and apsfilter) Port: magicfilter-1.2 Path: /usr/ports/print/magicfilter Info: Customizable, extensible automatic printer filter Maint: cjh@kr.freebsd.org Index: print B-deps: XFree86-3.3.6 ghostscript-5.50 gmake-3.78.1 png-1.0.5 R-deps: XFree86-3.3.6 ghostscript-5.50 png-1.0.5 Port: apsfilter-5.2.0 Path: /usr/ports/print/apsfilter Info: Lpd magic print filter with auto file type recognition Maint: andreas@FreeBSD.org Index: print B-deps: bzip2-0.9.5d R-deps: XFree86-3.3.6 a2ps-letter-4.12 bzip2-0.9.5d ghostscript-5.50 html2ps-letter-1.0 jpeg-6b netpbm-8.0 png-1.0.5 psutils-letter-1.17 recode-3.5 samba-2.0.6 tiff-3.5.4 transfig-3.2.3 xpm-3.4k Port: enscript-a4-1.6.1 Path: /usr/ports/print/enscript-a4 Info: ASCII-to-PostScript filter Maint: kline@thought.org Index: print B-deps: gmake-3.78.1 R-deps: Port: enscript-letter-1.6.1 Path: /usr/ports/print/enscript-letter Info: ASCII-to-PostScript filter Maint: kline@thought.org Index: print B-deps: gmake-3.78.1 R-deps: Port: enscript-letterdj-1.6.1 Path: /usr/ports/print/enscript-letterdj Info: ASCII-to-PostScript filter Maint: kline@thought.org Index: print B-deps: gmake-3.78.1 R-deps: Port: ifhp-3.3.10 Path: /usr/ports/print/ifhp Info: LPRng print filter for text, PostScript, PCL, HP, Xerox, etc printers Maint: papowell@astart.com Index: print B-deps: R-deps: Port: lprps-a4-2.5 Path: /usr/ports/print/lprps-a4 Info: PostScript printer filter package supporting a bidirectional serial channel Maint: obrien@FreeBSD.org Index: print B-deps: R-deps: Port: lprps-letter-2.5 Path: /usr/ports/print/lprps-letter Info: PostScript printer filter package supporting a bidirectional serial channel Maint: obrien@FreeBSD.org Index: print B-deps: R-deps: The above was generated from 'make search key=filter'. Hope this wasnt overkill. On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Tim wrote: > Yes, it'll work. you'll need to install ghostscript for anything other than > text. > > > Tim Strobel > > On Tue, 04 Apr 2000, Gallagher, Mick wrote: > > Hi There, > > > > I'm thinking about making the jump from Windoze to Unix and wonder if I'll > > be able to use my Epson Stylus Color 760 with FreeBSD. > > > > Any clues? > > > > Thanks, > > Mick Gallagher > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Omachonu Ogali oogali@intranova.net | | Intranova Networking Group http://tribune.intranova.net | | PGP Key ID: 0xBFE60839 | | PGP Fingerprint: C8 51 14 FD 2A 87 53 D1 E3 AA 12 12 01 93 BD 34 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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