Gregory Nowak <g...@gregn.net> writes: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 06:27:26PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> I'm using the driver from Brother, and lpr from lprng. I found the >> lprng-doc package. I suppose the next thing is to read it, > > While I haven't used a brother printer, I do seem to have a > recollection of doing lpr file.pdf, and having the pdf print out > normally. If ghostscript supports your printer, lprng can be setup to > pipe through ghostscript.
The Brother driver is really an input filter, usually at shell script, which is supposed to take care of this autoamtically. Judging from a quick look, mine roughly converts the input to PostScript via a2ps and that to PCL by feeding it into a Brother-provided program. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
