From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 3 05:27:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA09284 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 05:27:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from iglou.com (iglou2.iglou.com [192.107.41.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA09279 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 05:27:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from patrick@cre8tivegroup.com) Received: from [204.255.227.116] (helo=gateway.cre8tivegroup.com) by iglou.com with esmtp (8.9.1/8.9.1) id 0zEYSn-0002Oe-00; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 08:26:09 -0400 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <35EDD3C4.12EA06AB@ukonline.co.uk> Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 08:26:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick Gardella To: Christopher Raven Subject: Re: Epson Stylus color 800 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG One other note, see the ghostscript documentation at /usr/local/share/ghostscript/5.10/doc especially devices.txt and drivers.txt. Patrick On 02-Sep-98 Christopher Raven wrote: > HI, > > 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. > > 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. > > TIA > > Chris R. > > > > > Patrick Gardella wrote: > >> I use the Epson Stylus Color 600 on my FreeBSD machine. The unified drivers >> of >> Ghostscript handle this printer very well. So the 800 should work as well. >> >> Patrick >> >> On 31-Aug-98 Christopher Raven wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Does FreeBSD support the Epson Stylus Color 800? I have just been >> > offered one and want to know if there will be any problems before I >> > accept it. >> > >> > TIA >> > >> > Chris R. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message