Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 12:49:03 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: freebsd@edvax.de, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Canon printer and TurboPrint Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905291247030.10254@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <4a1f9849.pQymwXa%2BJjy6Cj9K%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <20061208042111.GA709@host.my.domain> <fcb5effa0612072325x63b4c62boe0eff1ad3a51ad6b@mail.gmail.com> <23685866.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090524104618.0a62a935@scorpio> <23711563.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090525154816.3cee4b9a@scorpio> <20090526144939.d21275c2.freebsd@edvax.de> <b79ecaef0905270909kd81dabcpf22289b7781c2885@mail.gmail.com> <20090527133706.1a6e4612@scorpio> <20090528111158.aee9a44d.freebsd@edvax.de> <4a1f9849.pQymwXa%2BJjy6Cj9K%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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>> CUPS isn't extra software in my opinions. > > CUPS is a PITA, but it may nevertheless be the "least bad" > solution if one is stuck with a junk printer. i really have nicer things to do that fighting with winprinter, when i can get normal printer for really low price. > Decent, network-capable, PostScript printers do not have to be > costly. I bought a Samsung ML-2571N at Fry's for something like > $60(US) a year or two ago. All I had to do was plug it into the > network, add its IP address to /etc/hosts, add a suitable entry > to /etc/printcap, and lpr "just works". No need to bother with > CUPS. postscript printers are easiest, but PCL as not much more difficult, just write simple filter using ghostscript. Even not write - just modify existing examples like below #!/bin/sh # # ifhp - Print Ghostscript-simulated PostScript on a DesJet 500 # Installed in /usr/local/libexec/hpif # # Treat LF as CR+LF: # printf "\033&k2G" || exit 2 # # Read first two characters of the file # read first_line first_two_chars=`expr "$first_line" : '\(..\)'` if [ "$first_two_chars" = "%!" ]; then # # It is PostScript; use Ghostscript to scan-convert and print it # /usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -sDEVICE=ljet4 -sOutputFile=- - \ && exit 0 else # # Plain text or HP/PCL, so just print it directly; print a form # at the end to eject the last page. # echo "$first_line" && cat && printf "\f" && exit 0 fi exit 2
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