From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 16 8: 6:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from siafu.iconnect.co.ke (upagraha.iconnect.co.ke [209.198.248.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE23837BEB9 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2000 08:06:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vedette@iconnect.co.ke) Received: from vedette by siafu.iconnect.co.ke with local (Exim 2.12 #1) id 13P4jp-000DmE-00 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 16 Aug 2000 18:04:17 +0300 Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 18:04:17 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Desperate help Message-ID: <20000816180417.A35780@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> Mail-Followup-To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Yon Thulung_rai on Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 01:10:51AM -0700 X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ X-Accept-Language: en fr X-Editor: Pico http://www.pico.org/ X-Location: Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa X-Uptime: 5:59PM up 22 days, 23 hrs, 7 users, load averages: 0.51, 0.32, 0.27 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG /stand/sysintall configure packages (chose install from cdrom and have the cdrom with packages ready!!) I've never installed from cdrom sorry. Maybe you can install via FTP if you have a fast Internet connection...... It is in the 'print' ports... You can e-mail me directly..... Thus spake Yon Thulung_rai (yanraiwelcome@hotmail.com): > Hi, > > All you guys are telling me that read shit manual which confuse me more than > any handbook I have read it. > > Off course I have read it many times; this shit doesnn't explain me straight > forward. > > all of you tell me find "apsfilter" file. > I load it ports but there is not apsfilter file. where can I find this > file? How can I install it? I am not the guru of freebsd as you people. > I am just student who want to learn about the freebsd. > > Can you Can you please tell me what and how am I fix this problem of > configuring the printer and mcopy commands? > > You people aren't tell me in detail. > > Yes, I have four CDs of freebsd 3.4 but how do use 2, 3, 4 CDs? There is > one cd has ports packages and how can I install that package into the > system? > > Thank you for your help > > > >Read the part of the handbook that discusses fixing the stair-step effect. > >Another option (recommended!) would be to use a better input filter for > >printing. I recommend using 'apsfilter'. It's in the ports collection > >(hopefully you installed the ports). You can find it in the ports like > >this: > > > >cd /usr/ports && make search key=apsfilter > > > >Apsfilter can handle many file types (postscript, etc.) and print them out > >properly. > > > >Yon Thulung_rai wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I have reinstall 3.4 freebsd on my pc. I did every thing to confiure my > > > printer but still doesn't work. > > > > > > Step one > > > The manual says configure /etc/printcap file > > > I just copied alike: > > > > > > lp|lj|ps|local DeskJet printer:\ > > > :lp=/dev/lpt0"sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:1f=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:mx#0:\ > > > :if=/usr/local/libexec/lpfilter: > > > > > > Setp two > > > and another file > > > > > > /usr/local/libexec/lpfilter > > > > > > I copied the same script in the lpfilter > > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > printf "\033&k2G" && cat && printf "\f" && exit 0 > > > exit 2 > > > > > > Step three > > > finally, > > > > > > /etc/rc.conf > > > > > > in the rc.conf file I typed as manual says to do > > > lpd_enable="YES" > > > lpd_flags=" " > > > > > > done > > > > > > Now printer seems to work but the print comes out totally different > >meaning > > > > > > Like this example > > > > > > Hello test > > > print the given files for me > > > This is first time priting test > > > > >Please > > > work for me > > > I spend a lot of time on this. > > > > > > So, how can I solve this problem; my printer is hp DeskJet 520. somebody > > > told me down load the filter file and load but I can't do it because I > >don't > > > have the Internet connection with freebsd system. > > > Is there a script that I can copy for filter file. > > > Please help me help me > > > Yan > > > File > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Odhiambo Washington Systems Administrator Inter-Connect Ltd. 3rd Flr The Chancery Valley Rd PO Box 39519 Nairobi Tel: 254 2 711140 Fax: 254 2 718418 I'm not under the alkafluence of inkahol that some thinkle peep I am. 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