Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 08:31:36 +0100 (MET) From: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de> To: Rusty <irisinc@gci.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Printing Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9911150830440.20145-100000@sun33> In-Reply-To: <382FB19E.655BA91A@gci.net>
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What version of apsfilter do you use? On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Rusty wrote: > > > Hope this repeat question is in "Good Form" as I have waited a couple of > days for an answer and none have been forthcoming. > > As Ariel Burbaickij says; "keep trying". > > I am running FreeBSD 3.2 on an Asus P3 w/ a 400 MgH Celeron, 64 Mg of > RAM, Riva TNT /w 16 Mg of RAM, sound card, etc.;. > > I used the Complete Free BSD, Freebsd Manual, discussion group archives > and have lurked on this list for three months trying to get printing > configured on my machine. > > I wrote /etc/printcap as instructed for my HP LaserJet 6MP, did all of > the testing and finally took everyone's advice and installed apsfilter. > > First try with apsfilter was a message that the address in the port > files was no good. After finding Andreas Klemm's web page and hacking > the port Makefile to reflect the new address I was able to download > apsfilter. The only problem I then had was that the checksum did not > match the file on the web site. I proceeded anyway and the port > installed. > > I configured the apsfilter SETUP program for my printer (which BTW will > only be allowed to use the ghostscript LaserJet IV driver, Not the PCL > 5-6 family) ran the test page and got a picture of a tiger's head. > Well, almost a complete picture of a Tiger's head; about the top left > hand corner of a page that if complete would be the size of four (4) 8.5 > x 11 sheets of paper. When printing a page, the fonts are anywhere from > 20 to 36 points and produce that same 1/4 page. > > I read the man page, the archives, ghostscript README, Use.htm, etc., > etc. I don't know how I got this resolution or how to change it back to > a reasonable size. > > Before I came to FreeBSD, I used the BSD printing system on Linux. The > system is in need of a major overhaul but it seems to work well on > Linux. I can't understand how I am having so much trouble here. > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Rusty > > > 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
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