From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Aug 18 10:31:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EC2037B401 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 10:31:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web10004.mail.yahoo.com (web10004.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.130.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A5A5543E6A for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 10:31:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kstailey@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20020818173109.16798.qmail@web10004.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.92.164.43] by web10004.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 10:31:09 PDT Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 10:31:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Kenneth Stailey Subject: recent ports upgrade nuked my Epson C40UX printer To: questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, dgilbert@velocet.ca MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I had the ghostscript-afpl package printing nicely via this script: $ cat ~/bin/ps2stylus #! /bin/sh if [ $# != 1 ]; then res=low else res=$1 fi case $res in low|l) gs -sDEVICE=stp -sModel=escp2-c40ux -sOutputFile=- -q - ;; high|h) gs -sDEVICE=stp -sModel=escp2-c40ux \ -r720hq2 -dBrightness=1.4 \ -sOutputFile=- -q - ;; glossy|gloss|g) gs -sDEVICE=stp -sModel=escp2-c40ux \ -r1440x720hq -sOutputFile=- -q - ;; *) echo unknown resolution: $1 >&2 esac Recent "improvements" destroyed that. ghostscript-afpl-7.04_6 AFPL Postscript interpreter version 7 gimp-print-4.2.1 GIMP Print Printer Driver cups-1.1.15.1 The Common UNIX Printing System cups-base-1.1.15.1_1 The Common UNIX Printing System cups-lpr-1.1.15.1_1 The CUPS BSD and system V compatibility binaries cups-pstoraster-7.05.3 GNU Postscript interpreter for CUPS printing to non-PS prin $ ps2stylus Unknown device: stp Now I'm lost again. Seems not even sure if support for my printer is out there at all anymore. hermes# find /usr/local -type f -exec grep -i c40ux {} /dev/null \; Binary file /usr/local/bin/escputil matches Binary file /usr/local/lib/libgimpprint.so.1 matches Binary file /usr/local/lib/libgimpprint.a matches Binary file /usr/local/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gimp-print.mo matches Binary file /usr/local/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gimp-print.mo matches Binary file /usr/local/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/gimp-print.mo matches Binary file /usr/local/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gimp-print.mo matches Binary file /usr/local/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gimp-print.mo matches Binary file /usr/local/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gimp-print.mo matches Binary file /usr/local/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gimp-print.mo matches Binary file /usr/local/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gimp-print.mo matches hermes# Where do I go for docs? With the printer online and idle I get: hermes# escputil -s -u -r /dev/lpt0 Escputil version 4.2.1, Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Robert Krawitz Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l' This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details. Cannot open /dev/lpt0 read/write: Device busy hermes# escputil -s -u -r /dev/ulpt0 Escputil version 4.2.1, Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Robert Krawitz Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l' This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details. Cannot read from /dev/ulpt0: Operation not supported by device hermes# escputil -s -u -r /dev/unlpt0 Escputil version 4.2.1, Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Robert Krawitz Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l' This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details. Cannot read from /dev/unlpt0: Operation not supported by device hermes# Was this upgrade actually tested? How do I print with my once functional printer? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message