From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 16 19:47:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pluto.ipass.net (pluto.ipass.net [198.79.53.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D9511520E for ; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 19:46:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mmercer@ipass.net) Received: from ipass.net (ts6-239-ppp.ipass.net [198.78.59.239]) by pluto.ipass.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA26862; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:46:21 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <36EF2628.EB4E4D08@ipass.net> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:48:56 -0500 From: "Michael E. Mercer" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Jeays Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which printers work with Ghostscript? References: <36EF207B.82810B26@statcan.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike, Look into installing the 'apsfilter' port in ports directory 'print'. I have an Epson Stylus Color 600. I had to install ghostscript 5.5 to get the stcolor device driver, but I am happy with the results. You can tweak the ghostscript stuff to get better quality depending on your printer. As far as other printers go, I am at a loss. Sorry. later Michael Mercer Mike Jeays wrote: > > I am about to buy one of the current printers for home use, > and would like to know if they will work by piping output > through Ghostscript. > > I have version : Aladdin Ghostscript 5.10 (1997-11-23), > with support for the following devices: > > Available devices: > x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11gray2 x11mono sxlcrt ap3250 appledmp bj10e > bj200 > bjc600 bjc800 ccr cdeskjet cdjcolor cdjmono cdj500 cdj550 cdj850 cp50 > declj250 deskjet djet500 djet500c dnj650c epson eps9mid eps9high > epsonc > ibmpro imagen iwhi iwlo iwlq jetp3852 laserjet la50 la70 la75 > la75plus > lbp8 lips3 ln03 lj250 ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 lj4dith ljetplus > lj5mono > lj5gray lp2563 lp8000 m8510 necp6 oce9050 oki182 okiibm paintjet pj > pjetxl pjxl pjxl300 pxlmono pxlcolor r4081 sj48 st800 stcolor t4693d2 > t4693d4 t4693d8 tek4696 uniprint xes dfaxhigh dfaxlow faxg3 faxg32d > faxg4 > tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 epswrite pdfwrite pswrite bit bitrgb > bitcmyk bmpmono bmp16 bmp256 bmp16m cgmmono cgm8 cgm24 cif jpeg > jpeggray > miff24 mgrmono mgrgray2 mgrgray4 mgrgray8 mgr4 mgr8 pcxmono pcxgray > pcx16 > pcx256 pcx24b pcxcmyk pbm pbmraw pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw > ppm > ppmraw pkm pkmraw pngmono pnggray png16 png256 png16m psmono psgray > sgirgb tiff12nc tiff24nc tifflzw tiffpack nullpage > > Will any of these work with an HP 695C, for example? I see from the > Ghostscript FAQ that the Epson 400 and lexmark 1000 are "Windows only", > and want to be sure I don't get such an abomination by mistake. > > Are there more up-to-date drivers for current printers that I > can add? > > Is there a decsription of what each of these device codes means? > > -- > Mike Jeays : System Development Division, Statistics Canada > 14-O R. H. Coats Building, Holland Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6 > Voice (613)-951-9929 FAX 951-0607 > Web page : http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ad161 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message