Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:53:19 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Yuri Grebenkin" <breath@unix.net>, <chris@monochrome.org>, <jwillson@ecn.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I use an HP printer Message-ID: <004f01c74d90$2c1ff630$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <45C7F826.3070202@ecn.net.au><20070205230800.P32366@tripel.monochrome.org><007801c74c1c$52c97c40$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <20070210163247.1f15acdf.breath@unix.net>
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Yes, that is how I do it also - with slightly different options of course. With those printers, gimp is your friend. With the one that the OP has, there's a specific driver for it. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yuri Grebenkin" <breath@unix.net> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>; <chris@monochrome.org>; <jwillson@ecn.net.au> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 5:32 AM Subject: Re: Can I use an HP printer > I have an Epson Stylus C43SX and have made it print PostScript > through the following filter using GIMP Print and Ghostscript: > > # /usr/local/libexec/ps2eps.sh > gs -DSAFER -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=ijsgimpprint \ > -sDeviceManufacturer=EPSON -sDeviceModel=escp2-c42sx \ > -DIjsUseOutputFD -q -sOutputFile=- -DNOPAUSE -DBATCH - \ > && exit 0 > > Also, to turn on extended mode for my local lpt0 I use this: > > lptcontrol -e /dev/lpt0 > > Yuri > > > On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 23:31:31 -0800 > "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > > > I myself have an Epson C84 inkjet in my home that has the same issues. >
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