Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 19:54:25 -0500 From: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> To: Tom Parquette <tparquet@twcny.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: apsfilter, ghostscript and my wife's Lexmark 3200 printer Message-ID: <20030403195425.A48597@skytrackercanada.com> In-Reply-To: <3E8CC9FE.9050101@twcny.rr.com>; from tparquet@twcny.rr.com on Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 06:55:42PM -0500 References: <3E8CC9FE.9050101@twcny.rr.com>
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 06:55:42PM -0500, Tom Parquette wrote: > Hi. > I've got printing set up and I have been able to generate the test print > from 5.0-CURRENT to my Laserjet 2200dse via USB cabling. > My wife wants to get her Lexmark 3200 off of her desk and "somewhere > else". So, I migrated my Laserjet to USB and I'm planning to plug her > printer into the parallel port. > > Apsfilter configures fine for the laserjet but I'm having problems with > the Lexmark 3200 (color inkjet). > When I try to configure apsfilter to talk to the Lexmark, I'm told that > I do not have support for the 3200 compiled into ghostscript. I > upgraded the port to ghostscript-gnu-7.05_5. I selected all available > printers (I did not see the Lexmark 3200 in the list) and ghostscript > installed without complaining. > > I reattempted the Lexmark configuration and it still failed saying I did > not have the Lexmark driver. > I'm not that familiar with ghostscript. Has anybody seen this before? Is your box FreeBSD and hers a windows box? If that's the case, you don't need ghostscript at all. You just need a raw entry in your printcap.
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