From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 18 01:36:17 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4519D16A4CE for ; Wed, 18 May 2005 01:36:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 56DF143D7D for ; Wed, 18 May 2005 01:36:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Mike.Jeays@rogers.com) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.2.150?) (mjeays2551@24.114.152.139 with plain) by smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 May 2005 01:36:15 -0000 From: Mike Jeays To: dgmm In-Reply-To: <1116369749.86936.72.camel@chaucer> References: <1116207303.86936.60.camel@chaucer> <1116369749.86936.72.camel@chaucer> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1116380174.86936.77.camel@chaucer> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 21:36:14 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Epson Stylus C86 Printer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 01:36:17 -0000 On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 18:42, Mike Jeays wrote: > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 15:44, dgmm wrote: > > On Monday 16 May 2005 02:35, Mike Jeays wrote: > > > I have just bought one of these printers, and am having trouble getting > > > it to work with ghostscript. It is connected via a USB port, and it > > > responds momentarily when I send anything directly to /dev/ulpt0. > > > > > > I would appreciate the correct parameters for ghostscript - I think it > > > should work with device ijs and 'server' ijsgimpprint, which has been > > > installed in /usr/local/bin. > > > > > > Some of the instructions recommend CUPS and FooMatic, and seem much more > > > complicated than I ought to need for a local installation. > > > > > > I tested the printer with Windows, and it does work. > > > > Try /dev/unlpt0 > > > > Note the "n" ;-) > > > > That was a really useful hint, thanks! escputil now works, but my > ghostscript filter still needs work. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I apologise for following up my own post, but here is the excerpt from my non-working filter. I think the DeviceModel parameter needs to be corrected, but I have googled for some time, and can't find the answer. More ideas will be very welcome! cat $TMP | /usr/local/bin/gs \ -sDEVICE=ijs \ -sIjsServer=/usr/local/bin/ijsgimpprint \ -sDeviceManufacturer=EPSON \ -sDeviceModel=escp2-870 \ # I also tried escp2-ex and escp2-670 -q -dNOPAUSE -r600