Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 09:35:15 -0500 (EST) From: "Alex.Boisvert" <boia01@pollux.GEL.USherb.CA> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net>, questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Poscript on an Brother HL760 ? Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970313093017.19182B-100000@pollux> In-Reply-To: <199703130613.QAA02843@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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> > I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has had any luck getting postcript
> > output working on a Brother HL-760 printer.
>
> The short answer: don't bother.
>
Just to let you know that I set up my HP LasetJet III (with a PacificPage
PostScript emulation cartridge)
My /etc/printcap entry is as follow:
#
lp|local line printer|HP3 Postscript|hp3p:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:\
:if=/usr/local/libexec/psif:
#
And the /usr/local/libexec/psif file is just as the handbook entry:
#!/bin/sh
#
# psif - Print PostScript or plain text on a PostScript printer
# Script version; NOT the version that comes with lprps
# Installed in /usr/local/libexec/psif
#
read first_line
first_two_chars=`expr "$first_line" : '\(..\)'`
if [ "$first_two_chars" = "%!" ]; then
#
# PostScript job, print it.
#
echo $first_line && cat && printf "\004" && exit 0
exit 2
else
#
# Plain text, convert it, then print it.
#
( echo $first_line; cat ) | /usr/local/bin/a2ps && printf "\004" &&
exit 0
exit 2
fi
I do not use ghostscript nor apsfilter and the printing is excellent. As
you mentioned, the printing is slower than PCL5 but faster than using
ghostscript...
Alex.
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