On Sat, 13 Jul 2019, Jonathan Drews wrote:
I hope that you got it: with a postscript printer you do not need
ghostscript.
The printcap is easy to configure. Here is a sample printcap I
came across in misc:
1)
lp|xerox|Xerox_WorkCenter_3225:\
:lp=/dev/ulpt0:\
:sh:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
For a printer using ghostscript you will need one field more. I
have for my PCL printer:
lp|lj4l:\
:lp=/dev/ulpt0:\
:if=/usr/local/libexec/lpr/iflj4l:\
:sh:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
my file iflj4l contains a filter that translates Postcript to PCL
for the lj4l printer. Well, it does in my case something more.
This filter is normaly a script that calls gs (Ghostcript).
You can see here how to write the script:
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-lpd.html
Or just google for a specific printer: you are not the only one with
the problem.
You do not need cups.
Rodrigo.
