From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 18 15:23:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 8E86D16A420 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:23:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [63.240.77.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFF2843D46 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:23:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [192.168.214.216] (c-24-1-232-64.hsd1.tx.comcast.net[24.1.232.64]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with ESMTP id <20060218152340013001ul5fe>; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:23:40 +0000 Message-ID: <43F73BFD.3080702@computer.org> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:23:41 -0600 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060113) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Denny White References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: apsfilter question/problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:23:42 -0000 Denny White wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I read the article at Onlamp about printing for the impatient. > Installed apsfilter and samba on my old hp netserver so I'd > be able to print to an hp 722c deskjet printer connected to > an xp box. I don't have a fix to your apsfilter issue, but if you you are interested in another possible printing solution... try: http://www.lanside.net/article.php?story=20031007161002250 It works well for me. And is simple to setup. > Gimp-print was also installed. Ghostscript was > already installed. I ran /usr/local/share/apsfilter/./SETUP > & thought I had it whipped. That's where the fun started. > Apparently I've missed something along the way, since the > print job never gets sent to the xp box. I also found out > at linuxprinting.org that the recommended hp 722c driver > is pnm2ppa. There was only one section in the install script > that mentioned that driver, 10) PPA printer, so I chose that. > It plugs it into the setup, but when I try to print a test > page, I get ERROR: additional filter 'pnm2ppa' not found. > I found the driver at linuxprinting.org & downloaded it. > How do I go about using it? Is there a way to compile it > into ghostscript? I have ghostscript-gnu-nox11-7.07_14 & > the apsfilter setup script found it & didn't complain. > Do I need to install another more complete version? I know > if I install ghostscript-afpl, I'll also have to recompile > & reinstall apsfilter with the proper make options. When > I choose the more generic just plain deskjet printer driver, > the script accepts it, and when I try to print a test page, > there's no complaining about the driver like when I try the > ppa driver. Test page is created, supposedly sent to the > xp printer with even a speed, average around 950 kb/s, but > I see where it only goes to stdin. I'm definitely not a > programmer, but another filter, ghostscript, something, has > to relay it to stdout, is that correct? > So, I could use some pointers on this. If anyone interested > in answering needs more info, I'll be glad to plug it in to > a reply. Like smb.conf, apsfilterrc, & so forth. Thanks. > Denny White > > GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net > Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (OpenBSD) > > iD8DBQFD9a7dy0Ty5RZE55oRAg/8AKCaidZVu40OrIvmGeLm/Zw40RDAqgCaAggH > YmKpizvD6o7ihgZM8MmQKn0= > =wm8n > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Eric