On 24 Nov 2004, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004 Nov 24 05:56 -0600]: > > I'm in a similar position, although I'd most likely be buying second > > hand. In addition, I'd like to avoid CUPS and related 'modern' things > > if at all possible, so a postscript printer would be ideal. > > What's your heartache with CUPS? For me it's been a godsend as > printing on Linux never looked so good. Yes, I have an old Postscript > laser printer (Lexmark 4039-10R), but it lacks the memory to print > anything but the simplest PS documents directly. With CUPS and Gimp > Print generating PCL5 I now have printouts that rival anything the > proprietary PCL5 drivers put out. > > I've loaded the PPD file for an Optra R+ I have access to and the web > style interface of CUPS made it quite easy to configure. The BSD > compatibility package made CUPS seemless for all the apps that expect > an LPR interface. > > Until something better comes along, I'm a happy CUPS user. >
CUPS worked pretty well for me with my Kyocera FS1010 but I found magicfilter to be better. Several of the CUPS ppd files printed the test page well but only printed bits of jpeg files. One of the ppd files did print the jpeg files but the shading was off. I've always liked magicfilter. The debian maintainer for the package doesn't seem to be active at present and the new (2.3) version of magicfilter, available from http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/magicfilter/, hasn't been packaged. But it is easy to compile though I'm not sure that it's any better than 1.2. It now has a BSD-style copyright so perhaps it would have to go under non-free now. Anthony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
