From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 19 14:23:54 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E51C5106564A for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:23:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tingox@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A17018FC0A for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:23:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcbfl10 with SMTP id fl10so386946vcb.13 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:23:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=KYHqTBEw7BEfsyLU1ZYd3gvvpmZx53hc1r0gwiVfv8w=; b=CWvgmLJxaxma3KnYkjN908fguLJ+3PP52bR/yIkb+Pgfz4HpRVoKbx7s3+CZOE4Tyy 9ybnjqrPuoggRnBhrCEO/oxliic0mnnzzrk4LY1Hrc1cM85nKfMuosO7fIrxkHJ9NZHr J5zdBNyfAksLCKaKrzg+xd/rVDpKKPbNmycU4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.35.70 with SMTP id f6mr7949692vdj.84.1321712633962; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:23:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.52.113.168 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:23:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201111190153.59986.david@vizion2000.net> References: <201111190153.59986.david@vizion2000.net> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:23:53 +0100 Message-ID: From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: FreeBSD Ports ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: epson r2400/2880 printers on freebsd8.2 amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:23:55 -0000 Hello, On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:53 AM, David Southwell wrote: > Hi > > Anyone up to date on how to do high quality printing with epson inkjet > printers (in my case r2400 and r2880) on freebsd8.2 amd64 systems. print/pips* > reports > they require 386 and do not compile on amd64. > > Thanks in advance for useful pointers FWIW, I got pipslite (mostly) working with my Epson printer, see this thread: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=23793 I haven't fixed the last snags with the install yet, so I haven't made a port of it. I don't know if your printer is supported. Also don't know if pipslite does high quality enough. HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen