From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 05:11:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BEA9106564A for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:11:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E46F8FC19 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:11:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af300wsm@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so5823498rvf.43 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:11:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Pk+Wn8l13MkQYaJjJwf+XwS1wYxw0x3Yqso+MQnK/Q8=; b=su5Cj0WkyW3DwQG3Bf9gmcRAz7Y7jsylsrJWQZwI4rz9EKkax3hzPyXXXSpCGnhivQ Yu2+FYuV6ME2hzVghTqwSJsotbtTX5knphqQZjHpirsXXfuY95BWeZPNwCD7BQa/LEvn xHnotaex8n3MKrwM+DaBbaDCZFEHvcrZVb0a8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=CNVkfzI3xnLg3Cl/xtK6vE1I6LDM16Dvh3FO3p/IOzU/7nAjEGI+/ErZ62EjMNl3DB fOiGuR7HmSsQcOIuDgKqvozQnejl8inR+CWdxoBx0DxZX03OuhmTH1ObB/8xfOTA12nZ r1ZfOi3BKYbn7JIrvCoU8tWnEmIL0kr8wQvV0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.141.153.16 with SMTP id f16mr957674rvo.283.1232946660943; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:11:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <00163646ccded2d12c045d57b9cd@google.com> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:11:00 -0700 Message-ID: <340a29540901252111i2ce1411et3d388fc821c78c9c@mail.gmail.com> From: Andrew Falanga To: nightrecon@verizon.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cups issue, unsupported format X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:11:01 -0000 On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 4:03 AM, Michael Powell wrote: > af300wsm@gmail.com wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm working on getting cups working and I've installed the "hplip" port > > and the cups program used that to install the printer. At least, there > was > > an "HPLIP" in a list in one of the pages during the setup. My printer is > > an old HP LaserJet 4+ which I've connected through the parallel port. My > > URI for the printer is parallel:/dev/lp0. When I went to do the test page > > I got this error, "Unsupported format 'application/postscript'." Here's > > the problem, I chose a driver which, though I don't remember the full > > string in cups, was a 4/5 PCL driver. So, why is it trying to print using > > postscript? > > > > It's been a while since I've done a virgin cups install so I'm not real > current on what it might be like now. You start out with installing the > /usr/ports/print/cups metaport and this should pull in a few other sub > ports as dependencies. > > The port cups-pstoraster is what coverts postscript print output into > PCL, utilizing (IIRC) one of the ghostscript ports. Perhaps your install > may be incomplete. In the past I've just installed the metaport and it > happily sucked everything else in automagically. > > -Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Truly sad that it took me this long to get to this, but thanks for the tip. I installed that port and everything indeed does work much better. Took me some doing but I've finally got my LJ4+ printing. Cool! Now, though, I've got to go and buy a new toner/drum :-(. Andy -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?