Date: 28 May 2002 20:07:18 +0100 From: lewiz <purple@lewiz.info> To: parv <parv@pair.com> Cc: gjh292@263.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to Configure a HP Laserjet Printer to Use Message-ID: <1022612842.259.17.camel@turtle.lewiz.org> In-Reply-To: <20020528185850.GA50900@moo.holy.cow> References: <F60imaDotKRoO1oG0jO00009fd8@hotmail.com> <20020528185850.GA50900@moo.holy.cow>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Guys, For all your printing needs you might look to apsfilter (print/apsfilter). It's a wonderful piece of software that uses, iirc GIMP print, and is damn cool. I have it working just great with an HP LaserJer 5P and I have a feeling the 5L is better than the 5P. -lewiz. On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 19:58, parv wrote: > in message <F60imaDotKRoO1oG0jO00009fd8@hotmail.com>, wrote Jianhong > Gao thusly... > > > > I've just configured a HP Laserjet 5L to my computer running > > Freebsd 4.2 ... When I run "lptest > /dev/lpt0", the output is > > just a line of characters including something untelligible. After > > setupping /etc/printcap(without any filter specified) and > > invoking lpd, "lptest | lpr" get the same result. > > no clue... > > > > When I try to print sth. to it, using "ps | lpr" or "myls > > | lpr" or "lpr -r myfile", though the paper is fed in, nothing is > > printed. > > in last case you should have gotten something. was lpd running > while you did "ps | lpr"? any errors in lpd error log? this error > log file is specified in the printcap. > > > > Is there some special filter I should use to make my HP laserjet > > printer work correctly? If so, what's it and where can I get it? > > assuming hp 5l is a ps (postscript) printer... > > i too have a ps printer (lexmark optra e310) and i use enscript > (available from ports) as the input filter. enscript converts > non-ps, non-pcl (, and perhaps non-pdf) files to ps before printing. > > i happened to see mention of hp 5l laserjet in ghostscript-gnu port; > see if that would offer any additional benefit over enscript. > > > - parv > > -- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- `Linux is for people who hate Microsoft. FreeBSD is for people who love UNIX.` Website accessible from http://www.lewiz.info/ GPG public keyring: http://www.westwood.karoo.net/pubring.gpg [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEABECAAYFAjzz1WYACgkQENEq59FkzSr6ewCeJ5ih36OIL3DgO1v7wUjRNc71 mLMAniEULwJGX195lsmQmUnySeGYs/dB =et85 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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