Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 11:03:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Wayne Hernandez <hernanw@FSL.ORST.EDU> To: questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: ghostscript and remote printers Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960719105057.20034A-100000@picea.FSL.ORST.EDU>
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I seem to be unable to print ps files to a hp laserjet ii on a jetdirect
card. I can print plain text files fine.
When using gs from the command line, it always wants me to enter quit.
This is my /etc/printcap entries:
fsl363|3|ljII:\
:sh:\
:if=/usr/lib/hpnp/hplj.if.sh:\
:of=/usr/lib/hpnp/hplj.of.sh:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:sd=/var/spool/fsl363:
#
# test for print ps file on fsl363
#
ps|LJII Postscript (Ghostscript PS->PCL Conversion):\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:sd=/var/spool/ps:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:of=/usr/local/bin/gslj:\
:sh:
This is gslj:
#!/bin/sh
PRINTER=fsl363
GS_LIB=/usr/local/lib/ghostscript/fonts
export PRINTER GS_LIB
exec gs -q -sDEVICE=laserjet -r300 -dNOPAUSE -- gslp.ps --heading-center
"`date`" "$@"
I won't include hplj.if.sh, since it's large, but it calls
/usr/local/libexec/netprint $PERIPH $PORTS
which is:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
#
# netprint - Text filter for printer attached to network
# Installed in /usr/local/libexec/netprint
#
$#ARGV eq 1 || die "Usage: $0 <printer-hostname> <port-number>";
$printer_host = $ARGV[0];
$printer_port = $ARGV[1];
require 'sys/socket.ph';
($ignore, $ignore, $protocol) = getprotobyname('tcp');
($ignore, $ignore, $ignore, $ignore, $address)
= gethostbyname($printer_host);
$sockaddr = pack('S n a4 x8', &AF_INET, $printer_port, $address);
socket(PRINTER, &PF_INET, &SOCK_STREAM, $protocol)
|| die "Can't create TCP/IP stream socket: $!";
connect(PRINTER, $sockaddr) || die "Can't contact $printer_host: $!";
while (<STDIN>) { print PRINTER; }
# printf "\f";
exit 0;
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