Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:22:51 -0500 From: Ryan Coleman <editor@d3photography.com> To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> Cc: pldrouin@pldrouin.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, cwhiteh@onetel.com Subject: Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D Message-ID: <CDE77A04-BD21-4759-A92F-8A5E76115BFE@d3photography.com> In-Reply-To: <201108031808.p73I818v045622@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201108031808.p73I818v045622@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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Screw off. Top posting is actually a default in the mail software = community. And I will always do it. More annoying: Extra spaces and not removing the cruff from the bottom = of emails. And condescending asshats. On Aug 3, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: >=20 > Pierre, please do not 'top post' replies -- it makes the 'logic' of = the > message hard to follow, to wit: >=20 > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >=20 >=20 >=20 > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >=20 >=20 >=20 > A: Top-posting. >=20 >=20 >=20 > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > See also _RFC 1855_ for the closest thing to an 'official' stance on = the matter. >=20 >=20 >> 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 >>=20 >> Hi, >>=20 >> I would install CUPS and use the PPD file recommended on = openprinting.org >> (http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Kyocera/Kyocera-FS-1030D). >=20 > This is -guaranteed- to be *ineffective*. >=20 > Apparently you missed the mention in the OP's original message that = the > printer is running in 'PCL' emulation mode, and that he _cannot_ = change > that. >=20 >> Cheers, Pierre-Luc >>=20 >> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Chris Whitehouse = <cwhiteh@onetel.com>=20 >> wrote: >>> Hi, >>>=20 >>> before I use up too many trees experimenting, could some kind soul = tell=20 >>> me how I can get OpenOffice to print to this printer. This is the = first=20 >>> time I have tried to get anything printed from FreeBSD. >>>=20 >>> I'm following the handbook. I think the basic setup is ok, I can get=20= >>> text printed using eg >>> # lptest 20 5 | lpr -Plp >>>=20 >>> 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 >>>=20 >>> # cat <ps-file> |lpr -Plp >>>=20 >>> I get the whole text of the file not just "Is this thing working?". >>>=20 >>> The printer has various emulations, it is set to PCL 6 and I can't=20= >>> change it >>> (not my printer) >>>=20 >>> Printing from OpenOffice just produces screeds of garbage, starting=20= >>> with %!PS so I presume the text of the postscript that OO has = produced. >>>=20 >>> The bit I'm stuck on is in section 9.4.1.3 Simulating PostScript on = Non=20 >>> PostScript Printers (which I presume is what I need), specifically=20= >>> setting the device. gs -h doesn't show this printer or any Kyocera=20= >>> printer. So either what should I set Device to, or how do I get=20 >>> ghostscript to know about this printer? >>>=20 >>> I'm using 8.1-RELEASE, openoffice.org-3.2.1, ghostscript8-8.71_6 >>>=20 >>> thanks >>>=20 >>> Chris
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