Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 08:25:20 -0500 From: Ken Stailey <kstailey@speakeasy.net> To: KATO Tsuguru <tkato@prontomail.com>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/46435: Update port: print/ghostscript-afpl to 8.00 (fix ports/46146) Message-ID: <3E1D7840.1060708@speakeasy.net> References: <3E1BA6FD.4090205@speakeasy.net> <20030109192030.6cd7cd1f.tkato@prontomail.com>
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KATO Tsuguru wrote: >On Tue, 07 Jan 2003 23:20:13 -0500 >Ken Stailey <kstailey@speakeasy.net> wrote: > > > >>WHY IS THE STP DRIVER NOT IN THE PORTS TREE BY DEFAULT??? >> >>WHY IS THERE NO OPTION TO USE THE STP DRIVER IF IT IS STILL A >>REQUIREMENT FOR MANY PRINTERS??? >> >> > >Unfortunately, as far as I see, STP driver is imcompatible >with AFPL-gs 8.00 at source-code level. IJS driver and >ijsgimpprint (included in print/gimp-print port) would be >the most appropriate upgrade path. > >If you still have to continue using STP driver under the >current state, I guess the one-and-only choice is to use >GNU-gs. > > > > But: # pwd /usr/ports/print/ghostscript-gnu # sed 1,/DJ970_SRCS=/d Makefile | head -10 # Gimp-Print - very high quality driver for Epson, HPs,... # http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/ # # NOTE: # Support of stp driver interface has already been discontinued, and using # ijs driver with ijsgimpprint (part of print/gimp-print port) is highly # recommended. # # For that reason, integlation of stp driver is disabled by default. So what is the upgrade path? Throw out my printer which used to work fine until the ports "upgrade"? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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