Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 09:21:11 -0500 (CDT) From: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, shawn@cpl.net Subject: Re: Printing on Hp Deskjet 855C Message-ID: <199708131421.JAA20001@beowulf.utmb.edu>
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> > Is it possible to print using lpr(smbclient works) to a HP Deskjet 855C? Yes (assuming it is connected to a microsloth box). > Would I be better off > connecting the printer to the FreeBSD box and share it with Samba? Yes. >If > its possible and anyone has > a printcap for this printer that works id appreciate it if you could > pass it along. su cd /usr/ports/print/apsfilter make; make install (make sure ghostscript is configured with a driver for your HP) then edit your samba config file and set the guest user to ftp (user nobody seems to give big problems) I tell the microsloth OS I have a DEC PS color printer (I forget the name, but it will be obvious. Other color PS printers probably work, also.) If I'm printing B/W (I have a HP520, so have to change cartridges) I tell it I have an Apple Laserwriter NTR (if I remember correctly). You can probably get generic B/W and color printer description files from Adobe, but I don't know how to get Windoze to use them, so I haven't bothered. The Microsloth box will put out some extraneous lines of garbage which will give an extra page of garbage output. I use an awk script in place of cat in the apsfilter script to get rid of them. I can bring it from home if you need it (it is pretty trivial). > > Thanks. > You're welcome. > > > -- M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu 409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790
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