From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 1 22:33:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 9C8E916A4D8 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:33:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luck@computerking.ca) Received: from shoemasters.com (shoemasters.com [68.144.188.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5D9C43D6B for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:33:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from luck@computerking.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by shoemasters.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF5217C46E4 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:20:40 -0700 (MST) Received: from shoemasters.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (shoemasters.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 28683-08 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:20:40 -0700 (MST) Received: from shoemasters.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by shoemasters.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C7837C469C for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:20:40 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <25511720.851162419640215.JavaMail.root@shoemasters.com> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:20:40 -0700 (MST) From: "RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-DSPAM-Result: Innocent X-DSPAM-Processed: Wed Nov 1 15:20:40 2006 X-DSPAM-Confidence: 0.9997 X-DSPAM-Probability: 0.0000 X-DSPAM-Signature: 45491db878025939618124 X-DSPAM-Factors: 27, X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.179 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 autolearn=ham tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=-0.055, BAYES_00=-2.599, DSPAM_HAM=-0.1, HTML_30_40=0.374, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001] X-Spam-Score: -4.179 X-Spam-Level: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: printing pdf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:33:37 -0000 Hello all am having great difficulty getting pdf to print to the printer attached to my Freebsd box please help. I have gotten my printer working like in the handbook and can get regular text files to print nicely. However cannot make any sense out of the ghostscript section and believe this is what i need to make things work. I have added the following lines to my /etc/printcap but of course the filter does not exist at that directory what should i do? please help star|lp| Star DMP:\ :sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/Star-DMP/text:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/if-simple: starg.raw|Raw output device starg for Ghostscript:\ :rm=big.army.mil:rp=sherman:sd=/var/spool/lpd/Star-DMP/raw:\ :mx#0:sf:sh:rs: starg|Ghostscript device starg (output to starg.raw):\ :lp=/dev/null:sd=/var/spool/lpd/Star-DMP/ghost:\ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:mx#0:sf:sh:rs:\ :if=/usr/local/share/ghostscript/filt/indirect/ljet3/gsif:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/star: printer model is star nx-2430 -- Computer King/CaNMail http://www.computerking.ca http://www.canmail.org Sales, Service, and Hosting Email, Data, and Web Packages Ask about web design specials Affiliates http://www.computerking.ca/pages/links/affiliates/affiliates.htm Maybe Computer Science should be in the College of Theology. -- R. S. Barton -- Computer King/CaNMail http://www.computerking.ca http://www.canmail.org Sales, Service, and Hosting Email, Data, and Web Packages Ask about web design specials Affiliates http://www.computerking.ca/pages/links/affiliates/affiliates.htm Maybe Computer Science should be in the College of Theology. -- R. S. Barton