mlh wrote: > On 2020-06-26 15:34, Michael van Elst wrote: > >> [email protected] (Johnny Billquist) writes: > ... > >>> BR-Script3 is something that walks, swims and quacks like Postscript. > > >>Interesting. Why do they then need a driver in Windows in order to be > >>able to print postscript? > > >The printers support some cloned mix of HP PCL6, HP PJL and > >Postscript Level 3 and call it BR-Script3. For the full functionality > >you usually wrap things into print jobs that define defaults and > >prevent the printer from getting confused, if multiple computers > >try to print. And of course you should get the branded GUI. > > I have been using my Brother HL-5250DN and HL-5370DW printers for > many years. I installed print/magicfilter and print/enscript and > changed the last line of the ps600-filter to use enscript instead > of sending test by : > > # Default entry -- for normal (text) files. MUST BE LAST. > default text > to > # Default entry -- for normal (text) files. MUST BE LAST. > default pipe /usr/pkgnew/bin/enscript -B -p- > > Then added the following to /etc/printcap : > lp|Brother HL-5250DN:\ > :lp=:rp=brother5250:rm=brother5250:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\ > :if=/root/scripts/psonly600-filter:\ > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:mx#0:
Ha. I did this back in 2008 and I just looked at magicfilter and they now have a psonly600-filter with the same mod so just use : > :if=/usr/pkg/libexec/magicfilter:\
