Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 09:48:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> To: Lanny Baron <beef@cybertouch.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: printing with ghostscript?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980507094426.3677C-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980507012211.7604A-100000@cybertouch.org>
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On Thu, 7 May 1998, Lanny Baron wrote: > May 7 00:54:32 cybertouch lpd[7564]: cannot execv /dev/lpt0 > May 7 00:54:32 cybertouch lpd[7563]: lp: job could not be printed > (cfA019cybertouch.org) > > The current /etc/printcap has this working entry: > > lp|canon-bubblejet-4000:canon-bubblejet-600:\ > :sh:\ > :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/bjc600.log:\ > :if=/dev/lpt0:if=/usr/local/libexec/bjc600: > > which produces the above log Be aware: `if' stands for input filter; you've to specifiy (and supply) a script or another executable which handles your print job. Within this script you may call ghostscript to convert PostScript into the language of your printer. Konrad Heuer // Gesellschaft fuer wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH // Goettingen (GWDG), Am Fassberg, D-37077 Goettingen, Germany // // kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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