Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 17:19:02 +0200 From: Nils Holland <nils@frozenfeelings.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: A printer question... Message-ID: <00041917283700.00285@tempest.ncptiddische.net>
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On one computer over here there's a Lexmark 3200 printer attached. This printer only works properly when its driver can run under Windows, there's no way to get it to print under a DOS-only or FreeBSD system. There is, however, something one can do: When Windows is running, a DOS-Program in a DOS-Box *can* print if it is using a PCL-printer (one of the many HP-deskjet drivers). If such a driver is used in a DOS-Box, the Windows printer driver will handle the PCL-to-Printer-specific-format-translation. The only problem is that Windows does always have to be running. In pure-DOS mode, one can print to a file and then, once Windows is running again, copy that file to the printer port (I think using copy file.ext lpt1). Again, the Windows driver will do the rest. Having that in mind, I wonder if (andf how) I can achieve that FreeBSD prints to a file, using a PCL/Deskjet printer. If that *would* work, all I had to do was starting Windows later and copy that file to the printer. Any ideas are welcome. Greetings, Nils To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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