Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 10:45:49 -0500 (CDT) From: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu> To: Jeff Roberts <jroberts@ashland.edu> Cc: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu>, FreeBSD Questions Discussion List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FBSD: HP Desk Jet, printing PS? Message-ID: <199709101545.KAA01842@beowulf.utmb.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970910113526.1276C-100000@freebsd.ashland.edu> References: <199709091856.NAA22574@beowulf.utmb.edu> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970910113526.1276C-100000@freebsd.ashland.edu>
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Hmmmm.... The only problems I have ever had with apsfilter (of recent vintage, anyway) had to do with interfacing it to Win95 boxes via samba. I use a Deskjet 540 at home with no difficulty (except for losing the last 0.25" of paper on the page). Did the apsfilter set the correct option to be the default printer? You can check this by looking at printcap and determining the correct printer, then using the -P option to lpr to send it via that spool explicitly. What version of ghostscript are you using? 4.0 or later is desirable for the fonts, if for no other reason. Does the deskjet 320 emulate a cdeskjet pretty well? Jeff Roberts writes: > > Thanks for replying. I installed apsfilter, and set the printer as > "cdeskjet", as the program recommended. I have all of the required > programs/libs installed. However, it still prints a line of garbage, then > forwards the paper out. Is there something else I need to do -- set the > PRINTER env var, or call lpr with a different option? > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > > On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, M. L. Dodson wrote: > > > /usr/ports/print/apsfilter > > > > Jeff Roberts writes: > > > Hi, everyone. > > > > > > Is there some sort of filter or interpreter available for FreeBSD > > > (2.2.1-R, XF86 3.3) that will allow me to print PostScript files on my DJ > > > 320? I have all of the usual tools -- ghostscript/view, TeX, etc., but > > > (seemingly) nothing that can preformat files for my HP. I'm just starting > > > to learn about PS -- don't really know what I should be looking for, > > > really. > > > -- M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu 409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790
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