From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 24 18:04:21 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 399AE7FF for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:04:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-x22b.google.com (mail-la0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ADBD7EC1 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:04:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by labgf13 with SMTP id gf13so4837229lab.0 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:04:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=3rDt3LP0+o/P2fVYYq9KfvhdzjXRJjUo07aedO2CpzQ=; b=n0i3mvr+SSZDy4/8Zaf65B3hCo7dk/DpGomKWrTccCb75k5oUjN7+QC9UmZg3IkmQd fDTcF35hkpgb1cGAB8dx8NVAOBU8GezyOn9VSt/R5bd1yAYUB6MzrrTCmdE5nZtRPlTh hr6y5Xbatv1UwZGAOhqE14Fb9yHgAC7pdVgvkvjxnDPyIhLFPhEihqbNfpytMVXeAB0Z inYkzQEZ8JRjm+WBEYMEOr490/w8rJdBdyE/NjQ8wPzwypBr65IiM3zHvDyi8AtXTlBW 0iobotSl+Gm4F3CRU6KHxw0DBjwARbi5tWFJuOj4s82YKfQw3vWM9QfWw6DzyTf8HPt2 DGBQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.115.136 with SMTP id jo8mr11834004lab.32.1424801058923; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:04:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.25.34.68 with HTTP; Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:04:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150224160510.62fabf51.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20150224145943.6216e9d3.freebsd@edvax.de> <20150224160510.62fabf51.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:04:18 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Using dotmatrix printer with (or without) CUPS for graphics printing From: Andrew Gould To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:04:21 -0000 On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:31:30 -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: > > Are PPD files cross-platform? If so, you could try adding the PPD file > > manually during printer configuration. The related openprinting page for > > your printer is here: > > > > http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Epson/Epson-LQ-570plus > > Many thanks! This actually is the _first_ time something related > to CUPS works on the first try as expected! :-) > > I had to "guess" the device URI. For further reference, the following > settings resulted in success: > > Driver: Epson LQ-570+ Foomatic/epson (recommended) > (grayscale, 2-sided printing) > Connection: parallel:/dev/lpt0 > Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=iso_a4_210x297mm > sides=one-sided > > I haven't tried printing from Gimp, because that forces me to > configure a _new_ printer, and the "Epson" category doesn't > list old dotmatrix printers anymore. So printing to a file > (PS) and then printing them via "lpr -PEpson_LQ_570+ file.ps" > works perfectly; printing also works from xpdf or gv, so all > I need is there. > > Again, thanks for your advice! > > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > I'm glad it worked! I was guessing because I've seen the option in my own, past failures. I had to configure my networked, postscript, laser printer using apsfilter. :-) Andrew