Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:12:23 +1000 From: Malcolm Fitzgerald <thats@notyourhomework.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help needed compiling printer source code Message-ID: <499dd1ce422438ea0c0ac99b1f41ce8b@notyourhomework.net> In-Reply-To: <20060423091441.M1100@www.pukruppa.net> References: <658be17fbe25500c985c5b8fc35ffc95@notyourhomework.net> <20060423091441.M1100@www.pukruppa.net>
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On 23/04/2006, at 5:25 PM, P.U.Kruppa wrote: > On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: > >> I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer. I've been to the >> Brother web site and found that they don't have drivers for FreeBSD >> but they do provide the source code. I downloaded the source code. So >> far so good. I unzipped the tarball and had a look. There's the >> source code. >> >> >> I don't know what to do with it. I've learnt to type "make install >> clean". How do I make this code into something useful? >> >> sad kid :-( > I guess make install clean will not be enough for that. > > For a start have a look at > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html > and try to make your printer print "something" at all. > Also reading it will teach you some new words :-) > > Then there exist two well known programms which can help you to set up > your printer correctly > /usr/ports/print/apsfilter > and > /usr/ports/print/cups > I would try apsfilter first, since it works a bit more intuitively. Cups is installed and running. I've tried using a few of the other printer definitions without success. Printing the test page produces a blank page or a dozen blank pages. I was hoping to be able to compile the source code for the driver and put it somewhere that cups can find it. malcolm
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