From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 6 7:27: 9 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CA0E37B401 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 07:27:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from geode.he.net (geode.he.net [216.218.230.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1669543FB1 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 07:27:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lists@battleface.com) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (ny-champlain3a-a-111.bur.adelphia.net [68.64.68.111]) by geode.he.net (8.8.6/8.8.2) with ESMTP id HAA22253 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 07:27:05 -0800 Subject: kw:printing, usb, epson photo stylus 1270... From: "Alex(ander Sendzimir)" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Digitally Inclined of Vermont Message-Id: <1046961563.35730.11.camel@prometheus.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Date: 06 Mar 2003 09:39:24 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Howdy, folks. I'm wishing, I am, to get an Epson Photo Stylus 1270 working on a USB port. I know the connection is working due to output. However, the output is not what I want. It's garbage. I created a simple printcap entry by cloning an existing entry and changing the parameters appropriately. However, I am not doing any filtering before the signal goes on the wire to the printer. (It's been a while since I last got this working under FBSD and Linux and I can't remember what I did. In fact, I can't find my notes either which I'm pretty good about keeping.) So,..., when I print from GIMP I would get pages and pages of junk rather than a graphic image. I setup the GIMP to print to appropriate device (Epson Photo Stylus 1270), paper quality, print quality, etc. And viola. Junk. Now I print to file and examine contents. Well, it's sure not Postscript. I send this to the printer directly by copying it to the USB port. Junk. Okay, now I trying sending a plain text file to the device. Nothing. Now I'm wondering if I should be filtering the output before sending it to the printer. You help, of course, if more than appreciated. It's invaluable. Thanks. Alex -- A L E X A N D E R S E N D Z I M I R Battleface Computing This email is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient, then please kill yourself. Since we have no way of verifying that you have killed yourself, you are on your honor. Our employees are carefully screened and don't correspond with dishonorable people. If you are found to be dishonorable, then please rekill yourself. Any employee found corresponding with a dishonorable person will be killed and then promptly fired. If you are a dishonor- able person, then please report to us the person from whom you have received this email and then kill yourself or rekill yourself whichever is appropriate. Custom Computing - Linux & Free BSD - C, Perl, Python, WWW info@battleface.com | 802 863 5502 | Colchester, VT 05446 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message