Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 01:11:04 +0100 From: Carlos Silva <security@yourdot-mail.com> To: "Jin Guojun [VFFS]" <j_guojun@lbl.gov> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cups Message-ID: <442F1698.5050500@yourdot-mail.com> In-Reply-To: <442F15C6.4070409@lbl.gov> References: <442DFEE5.4040407@yourdot-mail.com> <442E82F2.8040702@bah.homeip.net> <442EACAF.4010606@yourdot-mail.com> <442EAEF1.5050307@bah.homeip.net> <442EB292.1000007@yourdot-mail.com> <442F15C6.4070409@lbl.gov>
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hi, I have printed a plain text file with lpr.. And, as I said I have a ppd from hpijs, footmatic, etc packages... Best Regards, Carlos Silva, CSilva Web: http://www.csilva.org/ Jin Guojun [VFFS] escreveu: > Carlos Silva wrote: > >> No, but i'll try this. >> >> I don't understand why lpr prints and cups not :( > > It is not clear how you printed via lpr. Unless you have a postscript > (with .ps files) or plain text (for text only) printer, lpr will not > print > correctly except printing some garbages. > > If you used gs to convert .ps files to hp 1115 coded files, then you > may use "lpr" command to print. Is this the way you printed? > If so, the DeviceFILTER you used in gs option > -sDEVICE=DeviceFILTER > indicates the printer driver you need to use for CUPS. If CUPS has > no related filter, then you need to write a filter/PDD file to invoke > gs to do the conversion job for CUPS to print. > It needs some work, but it is not too bad. > > I have a MFC 420n printer, I could not find a filter in either gs > or CUPS, so I cannot use this printer under Unix/FreeBSD via > lpr or CUPS :-) > > Since you said that you can print via lpr, then you should be able > to print via CUPS. Just need a more clear picture on how you printed > by using lpr. > > -Jin
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