Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:23:07 -0500 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Printcap & Magicfilter Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20011011152307.0191fe78@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <15301.63949.654326.166935@guru.mired.org> References: <20011011185916.B10968-100000@big> <15301.58663.814239.677580@guru.mired.org> <20011011185916.B10968-100000@big>
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Thanks for the help fellas.... I'll try these suggestions tonight.... At 02:58 PM 10.11.2001 -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: >P. U. (Uli) Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> types: >> Here is an alternative to typing all these configs manually: >> /usr/ports/print/apsfilter >> which is a printer configuration tool. > >That's the one thing apsfilter does well. Unfortunately, it insists on >using apsfilter as the filter. This is a *much* heavier program than >magicfilter, and it insists that everything be turned into postscript, >then piped through ghostscript if necessary. This can cause printing >simple text files to fail on some printers and to be *much* more >expensive on most others. It also means you can't handle raw PCL or >PJL files with it, though that's not a big deal. > >> It worked with all (o.k.: three, now a Deskjet >> 990Cxi) HP-Deskjets I have ever used. It was >> genuinely written for use with FreeBSD and they have >> online-manuals and mailing-lists (www.apsfilter.org). > >Actually, it wasn't written for use with FreeBSD. It predates >FreeBSD. The current version may be maintained for FreeBSD, though. > >> But be warned: if you say yes to all options it will compile >> about two dozens of print-filters for all purposes - >> including a complete tex/latex-package (which I started >> loving since). And: Andreas Klemm (the maintainer) wants you >> to send him a postcard to Germany. > >That part magicfilter gets better. It detects what you already have >installed, and builds the filter to use them. > > <mike >-- >Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ >Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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