Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:10:03 -0400 From: Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@pldrouin.net> To: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D Message-ID: <CANT0rcsg1JZ12Qn8nHHW3LR6NAQhtvHtramvLEsc6Rc3eRyXvg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E397A48.8070600@onetel.com> References: <4E397A48.8070600@onetel.com>
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Hi, I would install CUPS and use the PPD file recommended on openprinting.org (http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Kyocera/Kyocera-FS-1030D). Cheers, Pierre-Luc On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> wrote: > Hi, > > before I use up too many trees experimenting, could some kind soul tell me > how I can get OpenOffice to print to this printer. This is the first time I > have tried to get anything printed from FreeBSD. > > I'm following the handbook. I think the basic setup is ok, I can get text > printed using eg > # lptest 20 5 | lpr -Plp > > If I try to print the postscript program given in the handbook > %!PS > 100 100 moveto 300 300 lineto stroke > 310 310 moveto /Helvetica findfont 12 scalefont setfont > (Is this thing working?) show > showpage > > # cat <ps-file> |lpr -Plp > > I get the whole text of the file not just "Is this thing working?". > > The printer has various emulations, it is set to PCL 6 and I can't change it > (not my printer) > > Printing from OpenOffice just produces screeds of garbage, starting with > %!PS so I presume the text of the postscript that OO has produced. > > The bit I'm stuck on is in section 9.4.1.3 Simulating PostScript on Non > PostScript Printers (which I presume is what I need), specifically setting > the device. gs -h doesn't show this printer or any Kyocera printer. So > either what should I set Device to, or how do I get ghostscript to know > about this printer? > > I'm using 8.1-RELEASE, openoffice.org-3.2.1, ghostscript8-8.71_6 > > thanks > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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