From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Dec 7 17: 7: 4 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 17:07:02 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from lsmls01.we.mediaone.net (lsmls01.we.mediaone.net [24.130.1.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EEE437B400 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 17:07:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mediaone.net (we-24-130-94-77.we.mediaone.net [24.130.94.77]) by lsmls01.we.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA23932; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 17:06:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3A3032FD.BC0DD692@mediaone.net> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 17:01:49 -0800 From: Eric M Logan X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Carl Makin Cc: STABLE Subject: Re: Netatalk--printing from a MAC... References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG No, it's just a regular DeskJet printer. I have apsfilter installed but shouldn't the specification of the ppd file attend to the conversion? Afterall, I can readily print through LPD w/o the use of apsfilter from any of the PCs as I can specify the driver for the particuar printer when I'm setting it up from the PC side. This is so frustrating. Carl Makin wrote: > On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Eric M Logan wrote: > > > to work from a Mac. Printing is fine locally and from PCs. I have an > > old HP Deskjet 855cxi connected to my FreeBSD box. The papd.conf file > > is as follows: > > > "Callisto:pr=lp:pd=/usr/local/etc/ppds/APLWNTR1.PPD:" > > > Everytime I try to print, I get this: > > > %PS Adobe 3.0 > > %%Title:(untitled) > > %%Creator (simpletext :LaserWriter 8.8.6.5 > > Is it a postscript printer? If not then you need to pass the print job > through ghostscript to convert it to something the Deskjet can understand. > > There is a port called "apsfilter" that makes this much easier. > > Carl. -- ***************************** Eric M Logan ericmlogan@mediaone.net eric_m_logan@yahoo.com ***************************** Flames to /dev/null plz. :) ***************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message