Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 14:23:39 -0500 From: Patrick Foley <pfoley@earthlink.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: my printer doesnt work Message-ID: <20001106142339.A42197@qwerty.fillintheblank.net> In-Reply-To: <14854.59489.353191.934383@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 11:20:33AM -0600 References: <105826237@toto.iv> <14854.59489.353191.934383@guru.mired.org>
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On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 11:20:33AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > sharpmind@371.net types: [snip] > > 1.I wonder if there are some printers that supported neither plain > > text or postscript. > > It's been a *long* time since I've seen a printer that wouldn't > respond to plain text. Most also either autodetect some kind of > graphics format (PCL, ghostscript, etc) or let you imbed graphics > commands in the text. However, if "lptest > /dve/lpt0" doesn't produce > any output, you may have a printer that doesn't do plain text. Indeed I believe you do. I think I discovered this unfortunate fact at www.linuxprinting.org. Lots of good printing info there. > > 2.I want to make my printer work. > > Try installing the apsfilter package/port. It uses ghostscript as a > back end to talk to the printer, so things should work with that > installed. Make sure you let it modify your printcap, and you'll have > to use the lpr command to print, though. Been a while since I worked on getting my Canon BJC-1000 to print, so I'm not sure what the current state of things, but Mike's right on the first steps, although apsfilter might need some tweaking, because... The most likely route for getting this little guy seems to be gimp-print, and that means folding a new driver into the ghostscript distribution. Go here: gimp-print.sourceforge.net. I'm probably going to try this again pretty soon too. If it works, be sure to report success or whatever to the gimp-print folks-- the BJC1000 seems always to be listed as "untested" meaning nobody in the project happens to have access to one.. Good luck Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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