Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:25:03 +0200 (CEST) From: "P.U.Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: Malcolm Fitzgerald <thats@notyourhomework.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help needed compiling printer source code Message-ID: <20060423091441.M1100@www.pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <658be17fbe25500c985c5b8fc35ffc95@notyourhomework.net> References: <658be17fbe25500c985c5b8fc35ffc95@notyourhomework.net>
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On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: > I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer. I've been to the Brother web > site and found that they don't have drivers for FreeBSD but they do provide > the source code. I downloaded the source code. So far so good. I unzipped the > tarball and had a look. There's the source code. > > > I don't know what to do with it. I've learnt to type "make install clean". > How do I make this code into something useful? > > sad kid :-( I guess make install clean will not be enough for that. For a start have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html and try to make your printer print "something" at all. Also reading it will teach you some new words :-) Then there exist two well known programms which can help you to set up your printer correctly /usr/ports/print/apsfilter and /usr/ports/print/cups I would try apsfilter first, since it works a bit more intuitively. Good luck, Uli. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > ********************************************* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa - Wuppertal - Germany * *********************************************
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