I just installed LPRng and ifhp from The FreeBSD ports collection for
many reasons I wont go into here. I am having a hard time getting it
work with my printers and am getting a little frusttrated.
Here is what I have for printers available to me on my networks:
1. Texas Instruments microLaser (Postscript only) connected to the
network via a JetDirect EX plus
2. Epson Stylus 500 connected to the network via an Win95 machine and a
FreeBSD server running samba to handle the printing.
3. An HP4 with a HP Jetdirect card installed.
Here is my /etc/printcap before I switched to LPRng:
#
#TI microLaser (home)
ti:rm=hpjet:rp=raw:mx=0:sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ti: \
ti2:if=/usr/local/libexec/psif:rm=hpjet:rp=raw:mx=0:sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ti2:
tiM:if=/usr/local/libexec/psifm:rm=hpjet:rp=raw:mx=0:sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/tiM:
# Epson Stylus Color 500 on Win95 (home)
ep|samba line printer Epson:lp=:rm=the:rp=ep:sh:mx#0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ep:
# HP4 Printer (office)
hp4|lj1_text|text1:lp=:rm=mps:rp=text:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp4:
hp4pcl|lj1_raw|raw1:lp=:rm=mps:rp=raw:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp4pcl:
here is the contents of the /usr/local/libexec/psif file:
#!/bin/sh
#
# psif - Print PostScript or plain text on a PostScript printer
# Script version; NOT the version that comes with lprps
# Installed in /usr/local/libexec/psif
#
read first_line
first_two_chars=`expr "$first_line" : '\(..\)'`
if [ "$first_two_chars" = "%!" ]; then
#
# PostScript job, print it.
#
echo "$first_line" && cat && printf "\004" && exit 0
exit 2
else
#
# Plain text, convert it, then print it.
#
( echo "$first_line"; cat ) | /usr/local/bin/a2ps -nL -nH -p -ns -1 && printf
"\004" && exit 0
exit 2
fi
Would like some assistance in getting converted over to LPRng
TIA
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