Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:19:59 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: Daryl Chance <dchance@valuedata.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Lexmark Z42 printing under unix Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011271411030.52410-100000@www.bellnetworks.net> In-Reply-To: <20001127130607.A45144@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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The Lexmark released drivers for Linux are binaries. The formatting of the data for their printers is part of Lexmark's trade secrets. There are however several reverse-engineered conversion utilities (with src) for some older Lexmark printers. I know that one of the drivers is black only. Even with these, I think that gs is used. The typical data path is: Original Data --> Raster Data (via gs) --> Host Based Printing (HBP) aka Printer ready data. The last conversion (Raster->HBP) is the binary portion of the Linux driver from Lexmark or you can get source from one of the reverse-engineered filters. Jim =========================== Jim Freeze jim@freeze.org =========================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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