Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 14:42:49 GMT From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printer setup for HP laser 4 or Declaser 5100 ? Message-ID: <9506171442.AA11950@yarmouth.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <199506170946.CAA01870@rah.star-gate.com> (message from Amancio Hasty on Sat, 17 Jun 1995 02:46:45 -0700)
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For my PostScript printer, using lprps on a serial line: # The name of the printer is `ps' or `PS' or `eeep'. Also, at least # one of your printers should be named `lp' as the default printer. lp|ps|PS|eeep|Panasonic KX-P4455 PostScript v51.4:\ # It's connected to the sixth serial port. :lp=/dev/ttyd5:\ # These flags make it work (TANDEM, FLUSHO, LITOUT) :fs#0xA00001:\ # Communicating at 38400bps. :br#38400:\ # Opened for writing and reading. :rw:\ # No form feeds, please. :sf:\ # Where all the action is: all spooling dirs are under /var/spool/lpd/<name>. :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ # Accounting file is /var/spool/lpd/lp/acct (used by lprps). :af=acct:\ # Unlimited job sizes allowed. :mx#0:\ # No banner page; that's taken care of by the input filter. The # built-in banner page mechanism won't work for PostScript. :sh:\ # Main input filter. This is a binary provided by lprps # that detects whether the file is plain text or PostScript. For # plain text, it runs a text-to-PS filter; for PostScript, it goes # straight to the printer. :if=/usr/local/libexec/psif:\ # Filters for other formats; these are one-line scripts that look like # exec <format-to-PS> | lprps :df=/usr/local/libexec/psif-dvi:\ :rf=/usr/local/libexec/psif-fortran:\ :tf=/usr/local/libexec/psif-troff: # That's it. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA If you're ever stuck in some thick undergrowth, in your underwear, don't stop and think of what other words have 'under' in them, because that's probably the first sign of jungle madness. -- Jack Handey
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