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Date:      Thu, 21 Nov 2002 17:31:19 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD List <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Aging Apple LaserWriter
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211211727070.75480-100000@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021121225643.GC5116@raggedclown.net>

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On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Cliff Sarginson wrote:

> I could not find what I want to know doing the ususal perusals.
> I have the chance to pick up an aging Apple Laserwriter 16/600 that
> supports PS2 .. I assume (hope) that this would work trouble-free on
> FreeBSD. It has parallel port and ethernet connections.
> 
> (I know you have to make provision for plain-text, but I am more
> interested in using it to print larger PostScript files).
> 
> Word on the street is that any PS printer should work on FBSD.
> True ?

It's not really a FreeBSD thing--send PostScript to a PostScript
printer, and it'll print.  So it's really up to the programs producing
the output.

Look at /usr/ports/print/enscript-letter (or -a4) for an easy text-to-PS
converter.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA


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