From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 2 19:51:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA28932 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 19:51:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from singularity.enigami.com (singularity.enigami.com [208.140.182.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA28906 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 19:51:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ckempf@singularity.enigami.com) Received: (from ckempf@localhost) by singularity.enigami.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id WAA03093; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 22:50:36 -0400 (EDT) To: Christopher Raven , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Epson Stylus color 800 References: <35EDD3C4.12EA06AB@ukonline.co.uk> X-Copyright: Copyright (C) 1998 Cory Kempf. All Rights Reserved X-PGP-Fingerprint: 191E 2FB7 E27D 76C3 8E79 4D26 2B3B B20F 2A9C 1E1A X-PGP-Keyloc: ; finger ckempf@enigami.com From: Cory Kempf Date: 02 Sep 1998 22:50:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: Christopher Raven's message of "Thu, 03 Sep 1998 00:24:52 +0100" Message-ID: Lines: 33 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/XEmacs 20.4 - "Emerald" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Christopher" == Christopher Raven writes: > thanks for the info. , I received the Epson Stylus Colour 800 and installed > Ghostscript and all its associated fonts etc. from the packages collection. > However, when I try to print from Star Office 3.x I get the print > commands coming out on the printed page, instead of the intended > test pages. Previous to this I have only been printing plain Ascii > text files - no problems there. Step 1: eliminate StarOffice as a variable for now. Can you print a postscript file via lpr and get proper output? There should be a file tiger.ps in the GS distribution. > The handbbok suggested I make an interpreter script (I took the > default shown on page) and include the ghostscript supported driver > - for which I chose the epson. > What did I do wrong here? Nothing turned up in my mail archive search. You might do a general web search... I found a page that described setting up Linux GS to be rather helpful... FWIW, I have an 800 on mine, exported to my Appletalk network as a laserprinter via GS on my FreeBSD box. +C -- Thinking of purchasing RAM from the Chip Merchant? Please read this first: Cory Kempf Macintosh / Unix Consulting & Software Development ckempf@enigami.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message