Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 08:29:57 +1100 From: Stuart Tanner <stuart@sigterm.com> To: Dale Morris <dlm@well.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printing question Message-ID: <20020218082957.A929@osiris.sigterm.com> In-Reply-To: <20020217073925.A223@lymond.lvcablemodem.com>; from dlm@well.com on Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 02:39:25 %2B1100 References: <20020217073925.A223@lymond.lvcablemodem.com>
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On 2002.02.18 02:39 Dale Morris wrote:
> freebsd version 4.5
> epson stylus color 600 printer
>
>
> I'm new to freebsd from the debian/redhat/slackware world and I want
> to
> get printing working in freebsd. I thought I had it with apsfilter but
> when I tried to print a test file with abiword, the output was..
>
> %!PS-Adobe-2.0
> %%Creator Abiword
> %%Title /usr/home/dlm/abiword_test.abw
> %%Orientation: Portrait
> %%DocumentPaperSizes: Letter
> %%DocumentNeededResources font NimbusRomNo9L-Regu font
> NimbusRomNo9L-Regu
> %%EndComments
> %%BeginProlog
> /FSF {findfont exch scalefont} bind def
> .....etc.................
This indicates that you don't have apsfilter setup correctly. It
should have passed the text above to GhostScript for conversion to a
format suitable for your particular printer. You should revisit the
apsfilter SETUP script and check that you have configured it to use
GhostScript with the correct driver for you printer.
>
> What I would like to do is set up cups. I did the 'make install clean'
> in the relevant ports directories, but when I try to setup my printer
> using the http://localhost:631/admin command, I get the error that
> Netscape is unable to locate the localhost:631
>
> I guess my questions are:
>
> How do I remove/disable lpd?
Edit /etc/rc.conf and add the following line (or change it from "YES"
to "NO"):
lpd_enable="NO"
> How do I install cups?
cd /usr/ports/print/cups
make all install clean
> Do I have to reconfigure any file permissions?
Don't know.
>
> thanks
> dale
>
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