From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 21 21:20:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lerami.lerctr.org (lerami.lerctr.org [207.158.72.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 561BA37B4CF for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 21:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ler@localhost) by lerami.lerctr.org (8.11.1/8.11.1/20000901) id e9M4KTM08191 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 23:20:29 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ler) Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 23:20:29 -0500 From: Larry Rosenman To: FSD Subject: Re: Ink Jet Printing in FBSD??? Message-ID: <20001021232028.A7903@lerami.lerctr.org> References: <39F1BEB0.7B3E8741@ispchannel.com> <00102300104201.00372@freebsd.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.10i In-Reply-To: <00102300104201.00372@freebsd.freebsd.org>; from dannyh@idx.com.au on Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 12:06:05AM +1100 X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Danny [001021 21:58]: > -Obviously, it has done nothing because you need to start up lpd > - In the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ > - Create a startup script which will start /usr/sbin/lpd Err, how about just setting lpd_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf? Larry > > > > On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Mark Hummel wrote: > > Philipp, > > > > Thanks for the reply. I installed apsfilter (which automatically installed > > ghostscript and several other print utilities and fonts). It took more than 2 > > hours to download (cable modem at 50KBps) and compile on my 200Mhz AMD computer > > running FBSD4.1.1R and KDE destop. > > > > Now that it's installed, what do I do to print? I brought up the KDE word > > processor or notepad program, but my Lexmark did nothing. > > > > Mark > > > > Philipp Huber wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 06:03:55PM -0500, Mark Hummel wrote: > > > > I have a Lexmark 5700 inkjet printer. What port or ports do I need to > > > > install in order to use my printer? I've read the FAQ and even tried > > > > what the handbook describes, but I found out it only applies to line > > > > printers like dot matrixes and such. > > > > > > > > > > have a look at the ports ghostscript, apsfilter. you might also want to try > > > gimp-print (for ghostscript, my epson 760 works perfectly with it). > > > http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net > > > > > > Philipp > > > > > > 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 (voice) Internet: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message