Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 21:23:24 -0300 From: Bernardo M.Brummer <bbrummer@solar.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cat 'file' > /dev/ulpt0 (not working) Message-ID: <02051921232400.02228@bmb.2y.net> In-Reply-To: <bulk.11636.20020519134605@hub.freebsd.org> References: <bulk.11636.20020519134605@hub.freebsd.org>
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Thanks for the hints. It's working now :-) I used (never tried before) apsfilter, with it's setup script it's quite easy to configure. I used gimp's driver (for the EPSON 780 exactly) and results seem as good as with Windows and probably faster. It's a good piece of software and does all printcap, ghostscript and filter configuration 'automagically' , and the best: this one works ! Took me some hours till I discovered that with USB printer ' /dev/ulpt0' doesn't works well, and that ' /dev/unlpt0' has to be used instead. Cheers ! ================================================== Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 14:19:03 +0200 From: Axel Scheepers <axel@axel.truedestiny.net> Subject: Re: cat 'file' > /dev/ulpt0 (not working) On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 06:52:42PM +0000, bbrummer@pop.solar.com.br wrote: > Doing: cat 'file' > /dev/ulpt0 Well, that only works when your printer is smart enough to handle raw text. Does it work in DOS or something when you press PrntScrn and hooked it up on the parallel port? > > only makes some noises in my EPSON 780 USB printer. > Consequently 'lpr' doesn't work either. > > Are there any unusual file, directory or device permisions to be > setted ?? You should install something like apsfilter/ghostscript from the ports. Ghostscript will convert everything you'll print to epson specific commands. That should always work. Check the docs that come with those packages for a detailed description on how to set things up. (I thought there was also a section in the handbook explaining this step by step .. try this link: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/printing-advanced.html) > > Thanks for any hints. > > Bernardo > Gr, - -- Axel Scheepers UNIX System Administrator email: axel@axel.truedestiny.net a.scheepers@iae.nl http://axel.truedestiny.net/~axel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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