From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 30 21:26:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D9116A41C for ; Mon, 30 May 2005 21:26:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD60343D1F for ; Mon, 30 May 2005 21:26:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j4ULQOhq014171; Mon, 30 May 2005 23:26:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B282A64C3; Mon, 30 May 2005 23:26:23 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 23:26:23 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Andreas Davour Message-ID: <20050530212623.GA10505@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Andreas Davour , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20050530151946.GB9292@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone had any luck getting Lexmark Z32 to work? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 21:26:26 -0000 --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 10:04:22PM +0200, Andreas Davour wrote: > >>I have looked at apsfilter, and did some half-hearted attempts at > >>understand the www.linuxprinting.com site. > > > >According to > >http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=3DLexmark-Z32 > >it works partially, and requires a binary-only linux driver to work > >properly. Maybe you could use it with linux emulation? >=20 > Maybe. How do linux use printer drivers? Anyone know? Could they be=20 > plugged in like a (aps)filter, perhaps? In FreeBSD and Linux (and other unix-like systems) printer drivers are not integrated into the kernel like they are on Windows. Printing is done through a combination of systems. First you have the lpd system. This is where users submit files for printing. It spools print commands and feeds them to a printer (locally or over a network) one at a time. After that comes a filter program, like apsfilter. This translates the input file into a format that the printer understands. apsfilter and other filters usually use ghostscript for converting postscript to a format that different printers understand. Some printers have their own driver program (like the lexmark, I think), which can also be called by apsfilter. > I don't know much about printing, and lp, lpr, lprng and all that=20 > alphabet soup. That site didn't clear up my confusion. Maybe I should go= =20 > re-read the handbook, but I don't think it'll help much. By all means read the printing chapter thoroughly. It should enlighten you. > >I'd advise you to sell this printer and buy another one. Check > >linuxprinting.org before you buy, or buy a postscript printer. >=20 > The only reason I have it is I got it for free. >=20 > I did look at that site when someone threw an Apple Laserwriter II NTX=20 > after me,=20 Hmm, didn't that hurt? ;-) > and unless I misunderstood it should work fine with linux. I=20 > didn't work very well for me (like, it just refused to ever print an pdf= =20 > document) and I dumped it last week. According to the info on linuxprinting.org, the LaserWriter II NTX _is_ a postscript printer. To print pdf files with it, there are at least two options: (1) use pdf2ps, and print the resulting postscript file. (2) install apsfilter. > If I had unlimited amounts of money I know what I should buy! A real=20 > Postscript printer! Those work. I know. ;) You just threw one away. :-( Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCm4T/EnfvsMMhpyURAuwaAJwJFBS3qzgVdthnviqo+6hnx4z/2QCdEPAE NUqttq5Inh6h+Sdobi+q6bA= =pAsG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/9DWx/yDrRhgMJTb--