Date: Sun, 2 Apr 1995 16:12:01 -0400 (EDT) From: -Vince- <vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu> To: "Paul F. Werkowski" <pw@snoopy.MV.COM> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /etc/printcap for Deskjet 500 and gs Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950402160838.24501W-100000@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu> In-Reply-To: <199504021429.KAA01040@snoopy.mv.com>
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On Sun, 2 Apr 1995, Paul F. Werkowski wrote: > I just happened to get a DeskJet 540 last weekend and spent > an afternoon trying to get the thing to work. I found buried > in the ghostscript port a file called "unix-pr" along with > some install script that created a bunch of cdj-550.x print > queues and a printcap file that basically turned the Deskjet > into a postscript printer. That, along with a2ps and dvips > seems to be all that one needs to get the job done. It was > simple enough to do but it sure would be nice to have it > automated - or even a good pointer as to where to find the > needed files. > With apsfilter, everything is automated. It comes with it's own a2ps. You just need dvips, ghostscript, netpbm & pbmplus and also xfig and transfig and you should be able to print things from ascii to graphics. > By the way, the 540 is a pretty nice unit. ($279 at Staples). > Does color for $40 more. > Hmmm, how is the 540's print quality compared to the 560C and also is it better than the 520? > Paul > Cheers, Vince vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering
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