Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:44:03 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Beeblebrox <zaphod@berentweb.com> Subject: Re: printcap configuration problem Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407181837460.29137@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20140719015149.1cb323c2.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <1405676044178-5929730.post@n5.nabble.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407180554080.77290@wonkity.com> <1405689027711-5929805.post@n5.nabble.com> <20140719015149.1cb323c2.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2014, Polytropon wrote: > This is an example of how I have been working (outside of CUPS), > the /opt/libexec/ps2pcl-dup.sh filter: > > #!/bin/sh > /usr/bin/printf "\033&k2G" || exit 2 > /usr/local/bin/gs -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dPARANOIDSAFER \ > -dSAFER -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -r600x600 \ > -sDEVICE=ljet4d -dDuplex=true \ > -sOutputFile=- - && exit 0 > exit 2 > > You can see that I've been using gs (ghostscript) with the options > defining the required paper size (ISO A4) and resolution (600 dpi). > The printer driver used by gs is "ljet4d" which works with the > HP LaserJet 4000 DN I'm still using. The LJ4000 is a PostScript printer. The trick of modifying the incoming PS file to set the page size will be faster. Here, gs has to build and send a multi-megabyte bitmap. >> Also, I do not find any way of defining resolution (r=), quality (q=) and >> orieantation (m=) in printcap, and the job ends up using the default printer >> settings (excluding the a4 parameter which is sent from host) - so I >> logically come back to the filter file... > > Those are usually defined _in_ or _for_ the printer filter. CUPS > manages those sufficiently well. The web interface is slow to use, > but if you can get used to it, changing parameters is easy. There > are also configuration files located in /usr/local/etc/cups, and > finally there's lpadmin. These can also be set by having the filter modify the PostScript file.
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