Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:17:47 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: vayu@sklinks.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to print photos Message-ID: <20060403.231747.77059253.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <200604032204.03528.vayu@sklinks.com> References: <20060401091713.5fa856c0@localhost> <20060403.132711.21331470.imp@bsdimp.com> <200604032204.03528.vayu@sklinks.com>
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Vayu <vayu@sklinks.com> writes:
: On Monday 03 April 2006 12:27, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > OK. I got bordered photo printing working. I haven't gotten
: > borderless printing working, alas.
: >
: > The key points I learned:
: >
: > (1) Install print/cups.
: > (2) Install graphics/hpijs. This filters .ps -> goo the printer groks
: > (3) Install graphics/gimp. This makes .ps files
: > (4) Kill lpr/lpd before starting cups.
: > (5) Make sure you configure lpr/lpd not to startup on boot
: > (6) Remove lp* binaries
: > (7) Setup buildworld /etc/make.conf so it doesn't build lpr with
: > NO_LPR or WITHOUT_LPR
: > (8) Add printer via localhost:631 web interface.
: > (8) Set printer to draft mode via cups for testing
: > (9) Use firefox to generate test prints.
: > (10) To print from gimp, I have to remove the '-l' from the command
: > line every time I print in the printer setup. This causes the
: > raw .ps file to go to the printer, rather than via cups'
: > postscript filter for the printer.
: > (11) To get photos, one must set photo quality via cups setup
: > interface.
: >
:
: For someone who has just been struggling with CUPS this is helpful.
: Would you mind elaborating the steps on how to accomplish 5, 6 and 7 above?
: I've got most everything working, now I'd like to switch to the CUPs lp
: commands.
Sure.
Step 5 is accomplished by not having a line like lpd_enable=yes in
/etc/rc.conf. I had one from when I was using lpd.
Step 6 is just 'sudo rm -f /usr/bin/lp?*'. /usr/bin/lp is mildly
useful, and will be recreated. There's also a knob to the cups port
which lets you override the system default programs, but I'm unsure
what it is. A quick grep shows me nothing (likely grepping in the
wrong dir).
Step 7 is just adding the lines:
NO_LPR=yes 6.x and older
WITHOUT_LPR=yes 7.x and newer
to /etc/make.conf. In 7.x and newer you can add it to /etc/src.conf
as well.
Warner
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