From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 9 15:48:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA17374 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 15:48:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA17369 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 15:48:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.5/8.7.5) id QAA29616; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 16:47:56 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199707092247.QAA29616@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: Q: Printer support ? To: nathan@senate.org (Nathan Dorfman) Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 16:47:55 -0600 (MDT) Cc: , questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199707081933.PAA11491@limbo.senate.org> from "Nathan Dorfman" at Jul 8, 97 03:33:11 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > However you need to do some extra configuration if you are going to print > things like PostScript. A good idea would be to install a program such > as apsfilter: > > ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/printing/aps-491.tgz Save yourself some work - install it from the FreeBSD "ports" so it will be properly configured without your having to figure it out. If you don't know how to install a port, check the freebsd web page: http://freebsd.org/ports/print.html There are a lot of prerequisite packages for apsfilter; using the ports system will make sure your system is correctly setup before attempting to install apsfilter. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com