Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 13:29:59 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: jacks@sage-american.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printcap & Magicfilter Message-ID: <15301.58663.814239.677580@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <17695520@toto.iv>
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jacks@sage-american.com types:
> A thread yesterday caught my attention about using Magicfilter which I have
> never used. I have a new box set up running BSD 4.4 with an HP Deskjet
> 870Cse (color printer) attached and have yet to get it to print right. So,
> I installed Magicfilter, but have two questions:
Good choice.
> 1) What lines need to be added to the /etc/printcap?
Here's what I use for an old deskjet:
# The DeskJet 550c
dj|DeskJet 550C:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/dj:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/dj/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/dj/acct:\
:if=/usr/opt/libexec/magicfilter/dj550c-filter:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
djraw|DeskJet 550c, raw:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/djraw:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/djraw/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/djraw/acct:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
You'll need to change the /usr/opt to /usr/local, or whatever your
PREFIX is set to. You'll want to change the printer names - "dj" and
"djraw" - to whatever is appropriate for your printer. The djraw entry
is for applications that know how to talk to the printer directly; you
may not need it.
You'll have to change the dj550c-filter in the first
entry. Magicfilter hasn't been udpated in a while, so doesn't build an
870Cse entry. If the 870Cse understands HP's PCL, you can use the
dj550c-filter file, and just change the two invocations of ghostscript
- bin/gs - to use the appropriate device and resolution. If the
printer doesn't do PCL, a bit more work is required. If ghostscript
doesn't include a driver for it, you're out of luck.
<mike
> 2) Syntax line command to print a "test.text" file
With the above, "lpr -Pdj test.text"
<mike
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