From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 9 14:08:05 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BB39106564A for ; Sun, 9 Aug 2009 14:08:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-151.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-151.bluehost.com [67.222.39.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 198998FC19 for ; Sun, 9 Aug 2009 14:08:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 24486 invoked by uid 0); 9 Aug 2009 14:08:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by outboundproxy5.bluehost.com with SMTP; 9 Aug 2009 14:08:04 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=PNYmkSXIB2J9UgXRfWkA+xbkTU25+aPVFvBuHNJVibEAxVuw11fnnt4RuXsPJ6YIUEE0b2j6G1sg22MpbFM2sAp/UDgqgfm/Dmy8Jfo6XQ/tnmEBYS9otDwwVSzpSU9L; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ma948-0002cy-BX for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:08:04 -0600 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 9 Aug 2009 08:00:38 -0600 Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 08:00:38 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090809140038.GB21588@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20090808233414.171401065686@hub.freebsd.org> <496205.8560.qm@web65512.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <496205.8560.qm@web65512.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) (was: upgrade 7.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 14:08:05 -0000 --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 10:09:30PM -0700, James Phillips wrote: >=20 > Okay, after reading this, I used the "WayBack Machine" to review the > printing section of the April 17, 2006 version of the Handbook. >=20 > I was not able to find anything that is writing a print-driver per-se. > In the "Advanced" section numerous shell scripts are described (some of > which use printer commands directly), but they tend to use filters from > the ports collection: > http://web.archive.org/web/20060417220024/www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO88= 59-1/books/handbook/printing-advanced.html >=20 > There is a section in the "Simple" section that explicitly says PS !=3D > PCL. Part of the problem may be I did not have documentation for my > printer, so did not know how to put it in postscript mode. >=20 > I really did feel I needed the PCL 4 documentation at one point. I'm > going to have to conclude I was mistaken. No biggie. We all make mistakes from time to time (even me). For most of my printing needs, I use an HP 4050N. Configuring CUPS to use it was very straightforward -- I just chose the most obvious values from the options presented to me, and everything worked beautifully. For most, if not all, network-attached HP printers, I rather suspect it'd be much the same. Anyway, best of luck with it. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Malaclypse the Younger: "'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds." --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkp+1oYACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXzMQCgwESSmhL3hzN2hEI5SZwXZZ1E gzEAn1XOS+fmaecBhLdk3XNvNwyi4Emb =gSW+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eAbsdosE1cNLO4uF--