From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 21 09:41:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA14681 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:41:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA14662 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:41:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA01507; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:41:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:41:34 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Shane Mason cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printing In-Reply-To: <34C0D012.7575@echo-on.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Shane Mason wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for a printcap entry for the following printers > > Canon BJC4100 > Epson Stylus 400,600,600 The printcap for these is simple; actually getting them to print stuff is the important part. I suggest installing GhostScript and setting up input filters for each printer to process PostScript into native printer format. The apsfilter port would be helpful for sorting out the various file types, and the Handbook's printing section (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/) would help. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major