From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 22 04:24:08 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B1CC16A4CE for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 04:24:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fuse1.fusemail.net (smtp.fusemail.net [69.31.1.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ED7143D41 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 04:24:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brianjohn@fusemail.com) Received: from fusemail.com by fuse1.fusemail.net with asmtp (FuseMail extSMTP) id 1D3RaU-0001Du-BO; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:23:55 -0600 Message-ID: <421AB3EB.4000506@fusemail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:24:11 -0600 From: Brian John User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050214) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roland Smith , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3151.209.87.176.132.1108400766.fusewebmail-19592@www.fusemail.com> <20050214174253.GC65365@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <42117D33.80002@fusemail.com> <20050215165007.GB9582@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050215165007.GB9582@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: trouble printing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 04:24:08 -0000 Roland Smith wrote: >On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:40:19PM -0600, Brian John wrote: > > >>Ok, I installed apsfilter and pnm2ppa. I've been looking on the net and >>I'm starting to get overwhelmed in documentation. Could you at least >>help me get started setting this up? Is there any hope that I will be >>able to get this printer to work as well (and easy) as it works in Windows? >> >> > >I'll try. :-) > >You should start with the apsfilter handbook, chapter 4. Read this >carefully before starting setup. Start the setup >utility with '/usr/local/share/apsfilter/SETUP' (without the '') as root. > >The spool directory is probably somewhere in /var/spool/lpd. (I can't >see here, I use CUPS instead of the standard lpr). IIRC, if you give the >printer a name, (e.g. deskjet710), the spool directory should be >/var/spool/lpd/deskjet710. > >The apsfilter manual mentions ppa printers, so I assume it's in the list >that SETUP presents to you. > >I can't remember if apsfilter actually writes /etc/printcap for you, but I >think so. > >You'll also need §9.3 of the FreeBSD handbook. > >Let me know how it works out, or if you have problems. > >Good luck, > Roland > > Ok, I tried this and I'm still having problems. Sorry it took me so long, I've been trying to work out other problems :(. When I try to print a test page through apsfilter setup, nothing happens. I think I have everything setup, here is what my setup looks like: ================================================================== A P S F I L T E R S E T U P -- MAIN MENUE -- ================================================================== (D) Available Device Drivers in your gs binary (R) Read Ghostscript driver documentation (devices.txt) (1) Printer Driver Selection [ppa/710] (2) Interface Setup [parallel] (3) Paper Format [letter] (4) Printing Quality [medium] (5) Color Mode [full] (6) Print Resolution in "dots per inch" [300x300] (7) Default Printing Method [auto] Any other ideas that might be able to help me out? Thanks again very much for the help /Brian