Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 22:09:30 -0700 (PDT) From: James Phillips <anti_spam256@yahoo.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) (was: upgrade 7.2 Message-ID: <496205.8560.qm@web65512.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20090808233414.171401065686@hub.freebsd.org>
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=0A=0A--- On Sat, 8/8/09, freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org <freebsd-qu= estions-request@freebsd.org> wrote:=0A=0A=0A> =0A> Message: 11=0A> Date: Sa= t, 8 Aug 2009 10:46:00 -0600=0A> From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>=0A= > Subject: Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) (was:=0A> > upgrade 7.2= =0A=0A> =0A> On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 02:56:41PM -0700, James Phillips=0A> w= rote:=0A> > =0A=0A> > =0A> > Following the FreeBSD Handbook, I got stuck on= trying=0A> to get the=0A> > printer to work. The handbook was basicly inst= ructing=0A> me to write my=0A> > own print driver! I checked the HP website= : they will=0A> release the=0A> > details of the PCL language (version 4 or= so) for a=0A> price. I finally=0A> > got it working by installing the Apsf= iler package in=0A> the ports=0A> > collection (no, did not send the post-c= ard yet; the=0A> print server is not=0A> > functional yet.)=0A> > =0A<SNIP!= >=0A> =0A> I'm really not sure how to answer this question, I'm=0A> afraid.= =A0 I don't=0A> think it's a stupid question, and I think I can understand= =0A> what you mean=0A> about your problems with getting use out of the=0A> = documentation, but I=0A> haven't had the same problems so I don't know of a= ny quick=0A> fixes to offer=0A> in how to get around these problems.=A0 For= instance,=0A> when I installed CUPS=0A> on a couple of computers here for = the first time since I=0A> started=0A> installing FreeBSD them, it all seem= ed very straightforward=0A> and I didn't=0A> see anything that could even t= hrough hyperbole be described=0A> as involving=0A> writing my own printer d= river.=A0 I basically just set=0A> up configuration for=0A> CUPS, and it wo= rked -- much more easily than it ever did=0A> with Debian (my=0A> OS of cho= ice before I migrated stuff to FreeBSD).=0A> =0A=0AOkay, after reading this= , I used the "WayBack Machine" to review the printing section of the April = 17, 2006 version of the Handbook.=0A=0AI was not able to find anything that= is writing a print-driver per-se.=0AIn the "Advanced" section numerous she= ll scripts are described (some of which use printer commands directly), but= they tend to use filters from the ports collection:=0Ahttp://web.archive.o= rg/web/20060417220024/www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pr= inting-advanced.html=0A=0AThere is a section in the "Simple" section that e= xplicitly says PS !=3D PCL.=0APart of the problem may be I did not have doc= umentation for my printer, so did not know how to put it in postscript mode= .=0A=0AI really did feel I needed the PCL 4 documentation at one point. I'm= going to have to conclude I was mistaken.=0A=0ARegards,=0A=0AJames Phillip= s=0A=0A=0A=0A ________________________________________________________= __________=0AAsk a question on any topic and get answers from real people. = Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com
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