Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:07:47 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: printing outside browser cuts off top and bottom of page Message-ID: <20100826140747.GC78539@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008251432300.32243@wonkity.com> References: <20100824204552.GA70395@guilt.hydra> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008241546350.96400@wonkity.com> <20100824225829.GA70716@guilt.hydra> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008241805300.96896@wonkity.com> <20100825113852.0eb8b8af.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100825152720.GB74267@guilt.hydra> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008251432300.32243@wonkity.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 02:42:18PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Chad Perrin wrote: > > >I was not entirely sure before today whether the 4050N could handle > >straight PostScript instead of PCL, but the test I performed using nc to > >see if it would print properly involved using pdf2ps and no other file > >format transformations, so it seems PS is fine in this case. > > The LJ4050 is a great printer. The PS emulation works well and it's > very smart about paper trays and input. Sort of the Douglas DC3 of > lasers; I know of a couple with page counts over a million. > > For further information on lpd and filters, let me repost the link to my > lpd article, which I really should have posted yesterday but forgot: > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html Thanks. I'll be looking into lpd as a solution to my CUPS problem, since there still doesn't appear to be an easy fix for CUPS. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkx2dTMACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVtpQCghwesW1ByCXU9CmCv2h+cwdjX kQsAnRuzHajFA/bJbVPwKKf36gYPuykT =2FdP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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