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Date:      Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:23:41 -0600
From:      Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org>
To:        Denny White <dennyboy@cableone.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: apsfilter question/problem
Message-ID:  <43F73BFD.3080702@computer.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.63.0602170708320.3834@badboybox.cableone.net>
References:  <Pine.BSO.4.63.0602170708320.3834@badboybox.cableone.net>

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Denny White wrote:
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> I read the article at Onlamp about printing for the impatient.
> Installed apsfilter and samba on my old hp netserver so I'd
> be able to print to an hp 722c deskjet printer connected to
> an xp box. 

I don't have a fix to your apsfilter issue, but if you you are 
interested in another possible printing solution... try:

http://www.lanside.net/article.php?story=20031007161002250

It works well for me.  And is simple to setup.

> Gimp-print was also installed. Ghostscript was
> already installed. I ran /usr/local/share/apsfilter/./SETUP
> & thought I had it whipped. That's where the fun started.
> Apparently I've missed something along the way, since the
> print job never gets sent to the xp box. I also found out
> at linuxprinting.org that the recommended hp 722c driver
> is pnm2ppa. There was only one section in the install script
> that mentioned that driver, 10) PPA printer, so I chose that.
> It plugs it into the setup, but when I try to print a test
> page, I get ERROR: additional filter 'pnm2ppa' not found.
> I found the driver at linuxprinting.org & downloaded it.
> How do I go about using it? Is there a way to compile it
> into ghostscript? I have ghostscript-gnu-nox11-7.07_14 &
> the apsfilter setup script found it & didn't complain.
> Do I need to install another more complete version? I know
> if I install ghostscript-afpl, I'll also have to recompile
> & reinstall apsfilter with the proper make options. When
> I choose the more generic just plain deskjet printer driver,
> the script accepts it, and when I try to print a test page,
> there's no complaining about the driver like when I try the
> ppa driver. Test page is created, supposedly sent to the
> xp printer with even a speed, average around 950 kb/s, but
> I see where it only goes to stdin. I'm definitely not a
> programmer, but another filter, ghostscript, something, has
> to relay it to stdout, is that correct?
> So, I could use some pointers on this. If anyone interested
> in answering needs more info, I'll be glad to plug it in to
> a reply. Like smb.conf, apsfilterrc, & so forth. Thanks.
> Denny White
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Regards,
Eric



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