Ian Darwin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Just for the Internet Archive. This is fixed in 6.8 release. Printing
> > works as expected. CUPS is not needed around here.
>
> Not to complain, but curious: can you send any combination of plain text,
> postscript and PDF via lpd? If so, what input filter(s) are you using?
>
> Thanks!
Hi Ian,
Yes, I can!
oko# cat /etc/printcap
# Remote printer must use jetdirect since foomatic-rip doesn't speak LPD
rp|HL-5250DN:\
:[email protected]:\
:if=/etc/foomatic-rip/script_brother.sh:\
:sh:sd=/var/spool/output/brother:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
oko# cat /etc/foomatic-rip/script_brother.sh
#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/bin/a2ps -BRq --columns=1 -o - | \
/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip -P HL-5250DN --ppd \
/etc/foomatic-rip/direct/brother-hl-5250dn-postscript-brother.ppd
predrag@oko$ head .xpdfrc
# Set the default PostScript file or command.
psFile "|a2ps -Prp -1 -s2"
psPaperSize letter
# launch URLs in Firefox
urlCommand "firefox-esr '%s'"
# launch movie annotations in mplayer
movieCommand "/usr/local/bin/mplayer %s"
Best,
Predrag
