Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:31:30 -0600 From: Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using dotmatrix printer with (or without) CUPS for graphics printing Message-ID: <CAFKhKgr%2BTpsbpTjJEVP-ndSE9BxHSn6BGUR-LPj2EkKDGJ108Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150224145943.6216e9d3.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20150224145943.6216e9d3.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 7:59 AM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > I have a dotmatrix printer Epson LQ 570+ attached to a parallel port > and can print text (using the "recode" utility even with special > german characters). The printer is being used outside of CUPS > which I am "forced" to use even though _I_ don't need it (but some > programs insist on it in order to print). > > % dmesg | grep lpt > lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 > lpt0: [ITHREAD] > lpt0: Interrupt-driven por > > Is there a way I can add this printer to CUPS (of course none of > the auto-detect capabilities work here) so I can print graphics > with it? Out of programs (Gimp, OpenOffice)? I know this could > be done with apsfilter (chained to system's lpd) in the past, > but how to do that with CUPS? Is it even possible? > > It's also an acceptable solution to do this without CUPS, for > example by somehow "preprocessing" the PS output of the application > and then writing that to the printer, as I'm doing with the > crappy Samsung CLX-2160 laser printer I have (speaks "Splix"): > > % foo2qpdl-wrapper -p 2 -r 1200x600 -z 0 file.ps > /dev/ulpt0 > > So using CUPS is not mandatory as I can "print to file" in > programs like Gimp or OpenOffice, and then use that file. > > Any ideas? > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Are PPD files cross-platform? If so, you could try adding the PPD file manually during printer configuration. The related openprinting page for your printer is here: http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Epson/Epson-LQ-570plus Andrew
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