Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:07:58 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Jonathan Wright <wrightcs@home.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing problems / apsfilter Message-ID: <14942.15566.543213.599827@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <63021403@toto.iv>
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Jonathan Wright <wrightcs@home.com> types: > Yeah but I have exactly 1MB of RAM in that printer. I don't know why you > need a whole MB of RAM for a page though? I can understand if it was a > picture. But the text should still be pretty much the same size as the > file I thought. Those files were less than 5K. > > Does APSfilter convert everything to a picture before sending it to the > printer? Basically, yes. APSfilter prints text files by sending them through a2ps to turn them into postscript, then sending that through gs (unless you have a postscript printer) to render the postscript into an image to send to your printer. You might want to give magicfilter (also in the ports) a look. It requires a bit more work to set up, but it's a more flexible system than apsfilter. In particular, magicfilter has a text filter that massages text so it will render properly on printers configured to print DOS text files, and uses that by default. It also handles printing raw PCL and PJL files, and recognizes various nongraphic binaries, and rejects those with an explanation. <mike > At 11:39 AM 1/11/01 +0100, you wrote: > > > >Jonathan Wright schrieb: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm having some trouble printing. > > > > > > I listened to some of those posts on installing apsfilter as nice way to > > > setup your printer. > > > I went ahead and installed apsfilter too. > > > > > > I have a Brother MFC 4350 printer. It says on their website it will work > > > as an HP Laserjet IIP > > > So thats how I installed it w/ apsfilter's/gs's ./SETUP program - ljet2p > > > > > > It does print tiny little files like ( cat .login | lpr ) ok. However, if > > > I try a larger file like ( /COPYRIGHT ) my printer will either restart > > > after 5 or so minutes - or I'll finally get the first page 5 or so minutes > > > later and continue at that pace. Printing the sample.ps file including > > > with apsfilter will make the printer lockup too after several minutes. I > > > was able to print a tiny .ps file however. > > > > > >Looks there is very little RAM installed in your Printer. You need at > >least 1MB RAM (inside the Printer) to hold one complete A4 page at > >300dpi. Don't know if this is true for US formats, too. > > > >HTH > >-Christoph Sold > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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