On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 17:49, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Mike Jeays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have just bought one of these printers, and am having trouble getting > > it to work with ghostscript. It is connected via a USB port, and it > > responds momentarily when I send anything directly to /dev/ulpt0. > > > > I would appreciate the correct parameters for ghostscript - I think it > > should work with device ijs and 'server' ijsgimpprint, which has been > > installed in /usr/local/bin. > > > > Some of the instructions recommend CUPS and FooMatic, and seem much more > > complicated than I ought to need for a local installation. > > > > I tested the printer with Windows, and it does work. > > You haven't mentioned what kind of problems you're having. > > Personally, I use apsfilter, which I find makes life very easy...
I have had help from several people, especially Ted Mittelstaedt, and now have a working printer. It can be done as follows: Install ijsgimpprint without CUPS: cd /usr/ports/print/gimp-print make deinstall # if you need to make WITHOUT_CUPS='yes' Make sure you have ghostscript installed, with the 'ijs' driver Create a filter as follows: #!/bin/sh gs -sDEVICE=ijs \ -sIjsServer=/usr/local/bin/ijsgimpprint \ -sDeviceManufacturer=EPSON \ -sDeviceModel=escp2-c84 \ -sIjsParams=Quality=720x360sw,InkType=CMYK,MediaType=Plain \ -dIjsUseOutputFD \ -dNOPAUSE \ -dBATCH \ -sOutputFile=- - (This is simple one that will ONLY handle Postscript files; I plan to enhance it by filtering text files through enscript first). Put it in a suitable directory (mine is in /home/mike/bin/C86-test, which is not a very good choice), and chmod +x it. Create an /etc/printcap containing: lp|C86:\ :lp=/dev/unlpt0:\ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ :if=/home/mike/bin/C86-test:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\ :mx#0\ :sh: In the filter above, change the 'escp2-c84' to match your printer as closely as possible. Google for ijsgimpprint to get some valid codes. Good luck, and thanks to everone who helped. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
