Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 13:41:43 -0500 From: Aaron Jeremias Luz <aaron@dreamscape.com> To: Francisco Viana <frviana@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printer Canon Bj 240 Message-ID: <19980206134143.00781@homenet> In-Reply-To: <19980206160815.6167.qmail@hotmail.com>; from Francisco Viana on Fri, Feb 06, 1998 at 08:08:15AM -0800 References: <19980206160815.6167.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Fri, Feb 06, 1998 at 08:08:15AM -0800, Francisco Viana wrote:
> Is it possible print graphics and PostScripts files on my Bj240??
> How to Config for it?
> Thanks
>
> Frederico Viana
> BRAZIL
Yes. Check out Ghostscript in /usr/ports/print. Just a couple of
days ago, I configured a Canon BJ200e to emulate a Postscript
printer. This is just a guess, but I wouldn't be surprised if the
BJ-240 is backwardly compatible with the BJ200. In any case,
Ghostscript supports most common printers.
Here's an example of how you could invoke Ghostscript.
#!/bin/sh
#
# pstobj200if - Print Ghostscript simulated PostScript on a Cannon BJ-200
#
exec /usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -sDEVICE=bj200 \
-sPAPERSIZE=letter -sOutputFile=/dev/fd/3 - 3>&1 1>&2 2> /dev/null
You can change the paper size to A4 if you wish. Also, the juggling
of file descriptors is necessary to keep error messages separate
from the actual printer output. (-dQUIET unfortunately isn't
enough.)
If you haven't done so already, you may want to read section 7 of
the FreeBSD Handbook which explains printing.
Have fun,
Aaron
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