Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 21:36:14 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: dgmm <freebsd01@dgmm.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Epson Stylus C86 Printer Message-ID: <1116380174.86936.77.camel@chaucer> In-Reply-To: <1116369749.86936.72.camel@chaucer> References: <1116207303.86936.60.camel@chaucer> <1116369749.86936.72.camel@chaucer>
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On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 18:42, Mike Jeays wrote: > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 15:44, dgmm wrote: > > On Monday 16 May 2005 02:35, Mike Jeays wrote: > > > I have just bought one of these printers, and am having trouble getting > > > it to work with ghostscript. It is connected via a USB port, and it > > > responds momentarily when I send anything directly to /dev/ulpt0. > > > > > > I would appreciate the correct parameters for ghostscript - I think it > > > should work with device ijs and 'server' ijsgimpprint, which has been > > > installed in /usr/local/bin. > > > > > > Some of the instructions recommend CUPS and FooMatic, and seem much more > > > complicated than I ought to need for a local installation. > > > > > > I tested the printer with Windows, and it does work. > > > > Try /dev/unlpt0 > > > > Note the "n" ;-) > > > > That was a really useful hint, thanks! escputil now works, but my > ghostscript filter still needs work. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I apologise for following up my own post, but here is the excerpt from my non-working filter. I think the DeviceModel parameter needs to be corrected, but I have googled for some time, and can't find the answer. More ideas will be very welcome! cat $TMP | /usr/local/bin/gs \ -sDEVICE=ijs \ -sIjsServer=/usr/local/bin/ijsgimpprint \ -sDeviceManufacturer=EPSON \ -sDeviceModel=escp2-870 \ # I also tried escp2-ex and escp2-670 -q -dNOPAUSE -r600
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