Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 12:22:39 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Leif Neland <leifn@image.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: printing from netscape Message-ID: <19980105122239.08249@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <7d2_9801050219@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>; from Leif Neland on Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 02:12:04AM %2B0100 References: <7d2_9801050219@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
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On Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 02:12:04AM +0100, Leif Neland wrote: > So now I can print from machine darla to the printer on arnold. > (Thanks Norman Rice and Lee Jonston). > > Now I want to print from netscape to the printer, which is a Canon LBP8-III. > > Is it Netscape (on darla) which should know the printertype, or is it fbsd (on > arnold?)?. FreeBSD on arnold. It's in control of the printer. > Does Netscape print in postscript, or bitmap, or what? PostScript. > The canon is not postscript, do I need ghostscript? That's the best choice. I think there are others. > On the printerhost, or the client? Again, on the system which controls the printer. You could theoretically convert it on the client, but this would assume knowledge of the remote hardware, and would cause unnecessary problems if you were to upgrade arnold. In addition, it would cause much more network traffic. Greg
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