Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:19:32 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D Message-ID: <4E3C6C74.8070500@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108041846410.19846@wonkity.com> References: <4E397A48.8070600@onetel.com> <20110804212923.GA15233@slackbox.erewhon.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108041846410.19846@wonkity.com>
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On 05/08/2011 01:58, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 4 Aug 2011, Roland Smith wrote: > >> There are several possible drivers you could use; pcl3 pxlmono pxlcolor. >> The gutenprint (a.k.a. gimp-print) driver also supports your printer >> directly. > > ljet4 is the PCL5 driver, and anything with PCL6 is supposed to also > support PCL5. I'd suggest trying both ljet4 and pxlmono or pxlcolor and > going with whichever is faster. > >> However, I'd recommend that you take the time and install and configure >> CUPS. > > If CUPS is desired, sure. For just plain printing, lpr/lpd is often > easier to set up. > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Thanks everyone for your suggestions and sorry not to reply before, I have limited access to this printer. Replying here to everyone who responded with ideas... I tried pxlmono, ljet4 and pcl3 with this /etc/printcap lp|local line printer|Kyocera:\ :sh:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/if-simpleps: this filter #!/bin/sh #printf "\033&k2G" || exit 2 /usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pxlmono\ -sOutputFile=- - && exit 0 exit 2 and this command # lpr postscripttest.txt postscripttest.txt contains %!PS %100 100 moveto 300 300 lineto stroke %310 310 moveto /Helvetica findfont 12 scalefont setfont %( Is this thing working? ) show %showpage With all three drivers I got nothing out of the printer and nothing in lpd-errs. I installed some Kyocera software on a Windows computer and tried to change the emulation with it. I succeeded in setting it to have no default emulation but not to be set it to KPDL (the Kyocera version of PostScript). I rang Kyocera UK help line and they were very approachable (refreshing these days). They suggested I email and ask how to set the default emulation which I have done. It seems the printer normally receives some code as part of the print job which sets it to PS or whatever just for this job. If I could find out this code maybe I could write it into a filter. The printer is normally plugged into a Mac and I've found a utility which is supposed to change the default emulation. I hope to ask the printer owner to try it. I'm going to leave this now (I'm away for a few days) till I hear back from Kyocera and/or manage to get the default emulation set to KPDL. I did also try ijs and hpijs and that might still be worth pursuing but I will reply separately to Polytropons post. Chris
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