From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue May 5 10:16:50 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE2072E07F3 for ; Tue, 5 May 2020 10:16:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@sibptus.ru) Received: from admin.sibptus.ru (admin.sibptus.ru [IPv6:2001:19f0:5001:21dc::10]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49GbHP5sBQz3DNk for ; Tue, 5 May 2020 10:16:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@sibptus.ru) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sibptus.ru; s=20181118; h=In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=MR6+AeLzHH2v4osHuPXLl/OX50Si9tg+MlfSbJiBwOI=; b=Sjyc6tDniJnc3K0CId1llA7Qig 09IejzhC+32OV8c2loeK1fULvKTK0hnBxbSsxlTooyO/hWF5Zg71tnyDSsBZqi00hKHpqqULW4v0a tLLmFiAMQJ3KbQkvH8FEbr7I8LxX64C3Q/IBdYOto5bP5zC6z5FNKIlBgYpJQmw/haQY=; Received: from vas by admin.sibptus.ru with local (Exim 4.93.0.4 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1jVud0-0004Kh-Ia; Tue, 05 May 2020 17:16:42 +0700 Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 17:16:42 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov To: Polytropon Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Brother HL-L2340D printer and lpd? Message-ID: <20200505101642.GA16244@admin.sibptus.ru> References: <20200503171259.GA48627@admin.sibptus.ru> <20200503192444.2d700440.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200503185521.GB52059@admin.sibptus.ru> <20200504085053.9bcf8d9d.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200504085053.9bcf8d9d.freebsd@edvax.de> X-PGP-Key: http://admin.sibptus.ru/~vas/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 10E3 1171 1273 E007 C2E9 3532 0DA4 F259 9B5E C634 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49GbHP5sBQz3DNk X-Spamd-Bar: ------- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=sibptus.ru header.s=20181118 header.b=Sjyc6tDn; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=sibptus.ru; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of vas@sibptus.ru designates 2001:19f0:5001:21dc::10 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=vas@sibptus.ru X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-7.31 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[sibptus.ru:s=20181118]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.20)[multipart/signed,text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[sibptus.ru:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[sibptus.ru,none]; SIGNED_PGP(-2.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20473, ipnet:2001:19f0:5000::/38, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; IP_SCORE(-3.21)[ip: (-9.89), ipnet: 2001:19f0:5000::/38(-4.94), asn: 20473(-1.19), country: US(-0.05)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 May 2020 10:16:50 -0000 --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 4 May 2020 01:55:21 +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > Russell L. Carter wrote: > > >=20 > > > I print to an HL-L2340DW by using CUPS to remotely print to > > > a Debian CUPS that has it configured as a "driverless" printer: > > >=20 > > > https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting > >=20 > > Is it connected to the Debian system as a local (USB) printer or a > > networked printer?=20 > >=20 > > Nevertheless, I don't want fancy graphics from it, I just need a line > > printer to print out configs, logs and such. It comes as a surprise to > > me that I would need "drivers" to print ascii text. It's something every > > printer understands, including my first dot matrix Epson in 1992 or > > something where you could print with "type file.txt > lpt1" in DOS. >=20 > That would probably have been: >=20 > > TYPE FILE.TXT > LPT1: >=20 > or maybe >=20 > > COPY FILE.TXT PRN: >=20 > Note the : in the "special file name" and the fact that those > are still reserved names in current "Windows" versions. ;-) I'm almost sure the colon after "LPT1" or "PRN" was not required, those were reserved device names even without a colon. >=20 >=20 > However, it's really scary that a printer like the one mentioned > here does not seem to understand ASCII text, even though it > supports PCL standard (as shown on the specification page). I've been unable to print anything PCL on it (thank you for your samples, but no success so far). > Maybe font licenses were too expensive... ;-) I would not mind uploading fonts into a line printer. I used to do that a couple of times from a printcap filter, to print Cyrillic on a Laser Jet printer without Cyrillic characters. --=20 Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN 2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/ --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJesT0KAAoJEA2k8lmbXsY0jsAH/AhakQ6eB0GMA9qYZ2oyayOB P92HMY3pYSwQs9whdJkMLzwwCIYw/Jx6n5lqHEilIRTmtYNcFeg2QE4D7goL2IiQ B6ruMxnFrTUsOdPZefea+dSn1fqH1lJ8Lm6lX/G1gMq3mYaWLy2XFDOEkYqnRypZ oDxrIZ4OnpcH0lEVPyghoA7ChzkgvxTUvYKvQv57wp1CDzgpyn2B7FDjEnpPr+ZF 4e/ydXeycbJ3Pvf0z6gm4zFYT2RlB+fdq6wtXO4ILi0b0T4AaDCfo6+RXjuxv0oN QyqD3M3FflKPAVsko2G9WriYx8W3rnRVJpEaq3tvwVMw1uo8aRfWhAx5/nx6CV8= =FHh0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH--