From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 24 11:27:34 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1039F33D for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 11:27:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x22f.google.com (mail-wi0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 932F92C9B for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 11:27:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f175.google.com with SMTP id hi5so2430279wib.14 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 03:27:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=lahVq9aPpPf0AEJdRB39OaPCDp1N8VnAJ4bgQ1QlgHA=; b=lUNTcWcQfxXuYVtVDlR7ZVI4Kue74s4qUp70C5RP+B3T7QsvCGidQsok8F5BebA4KZ qYnGvgwHeC8PRhztE+ZqnzECxA048tFLRFrOzfjXuMjtW7JQMoz2yDG1Bm3FVNINlbzq xKFqi5VpdvkDETzboPv9/Qo6DfBjK8uQajN+XOt/a0vgJk4fDwaj5KFOdcQcMzFqNOR4 HxHL54x4K7kX7/WIhlABanCFyaRz2eE4WOzSlyd2cfPPOlqlYHDwHivAX/+V9mQb3uby 92vbiky3BefzaTD/qW1LuCh89fptXOrWU+OavM8/yfb1FRlrzgHzi+XT+wPPNJ3WVKZ/ DlEw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.89.233 with SMTP id br9mr17537655wjb.15.1385292452019; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 03:27:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.80.5 with HTTP; Sun, 24 Nov 2013 03:27:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 13:27:31 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: TODO item: Add info on USB printers From: Juris Kaminskis To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.16 Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 11:27:34 -0000 > > Chapter Printing Directly requires some minor update I think: > > Printing Directly > > A spooler is not required. Sometimes it=92s simpler to just print data > directly to a device or to troubleshoot printing setup: > > % cat myfile.txt > /dev/lpt0 > > */dev/lpt0* > > the standard parallel port > > */dev/ulpt0* > > the standard USB printer port > > */dev/unlpt0* > > the non-reset USB printer port, use if */dev/ulpt0* does not work > correctly > > netcat (*nc(1) *) can be used to print > directly to network printers: > > % nc nethplaser 9100 < myfile.txt > > *nethplaser* > > the DNS name of the network printer > > *9100* > > the network port used by HP and some other brands > > *lpd* printing using the standard *lpr(1) *= is > usually more convenient and more versatile than direct printing. > > > Many printers use different file transfer protocols, therefore convert > myfile.txt in appropriate format. Several convertors exist to name few: > ghostscript and foo2zjs. > > For example for certain types of HP Laserjet use XQX stream: > foo2xqx-wrapper myfile.ps > /dev/ulpt0 > > > and chapter Adding filter first parapgraph would in my mind be better if > like this: > Adding A Filter > > Many Unix applications produce *PostScript* output, but not all printers > are Postcript compliant. Verify what file protocol printer accepts and th= en > proceed adding a specific filter. For example many inexpensive printers > understand *PCL*This filter uses *Ghostscript* to translate PostScript > code into PCL. Save it in*/usr/local/libexec/ps2pcl* and then make it > executable: > any suggestions regarding my post, or should I continue with adding more info from FreeBSD original printing document?