Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:24:17 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1050506658.3f0b7d@mired.org> To: Matthias Teege <matthias@mteege.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for duplexor supporting lp command Message-ID: <16022.56865.343394.277165@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <86y92hmxa7.fsf@gic.mteege.de> References: <16021.57660.930920.480825@guru.mired.org> <86y92hmxa7.fsf@gic.mteege.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In <86y92hmxa7.fsf@gic.mteege.de>, Matthias Teege <matthias@mteege.de> typed: > Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1050441918.9fbae9@mired.org> writes: > > Can someone recommend a printer system that handles duplexors in a > > sane manner? > Yes, use the lpd/lprng with the foomatic-rip script from > http://www.linuxprinting.org/ and the original ppd from your > printer. >From what I recall, ppd is a postscript thing. Will this work with flat text output? > After the setup you can call do somting like that: > lpr -zInputSlot=1stTray -zDontKnowDuplexArg=Duplex file.ps What, exactly, is foomatic? Is there a home page for it? Does it replace magicfilter/apsfilter? If not, can I continue using those to get automated conversion of various file types for printing? Thanks, <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?16022.56865.343394.277165>