Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:54:49 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing via USB Port Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002261219080.13756@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <733828.21268.qm@web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <733828.21268.qm@web36507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, Bill Tillman wrote: > Your answers are usually spot on but this is one of those difficult > times when the Windows and Linux guys at work laugh their asses off at > me for being such a FreeBSD die-hard. That's like laughing at a chef when fast food is available. > So I added the standard #!/bin/sh line to the beginning of the ps2pcl Doh. Time for me to create an article on this to avoid mistakes like that. > file and nothing printed, not even error messages about what happened. This probably means it works. The ps2pcl filter expects PostScript input; it doesn't auto-format like apsfilter. So format your print jobs in PS first. Many applications do that already (OpenOffice), or there are conversion programs like enscript (print/enscript-letter) for text. % enscript testfile.txt Will format testfile.txt into PS and send it to the lp printer. This works for me here--I reconnected my printer via USB to try it. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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