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Alright, I was able to get the printer to print using the apsfilter. Works
awesome! Now to buy some ink and remove all traces of windows from my hard
drive. Thanks again everyone!
Alright, well the disposition didn't have any cheap laser printers but I did
find a HP DeskJet 810C for $15. I know you guys said stay away from inkjet
printers, but the price was right and the hpijs driver says it supports it.
It's connected via usb. I installed hpijs along with all it's dependencies.
I
then edited /etc/printcap with:
lp|DeskJet:\
:lp=/dev/ulpt0:\
:af=/usr/local/share/ppd/HP/HP-DeskJEt_810C-hpijs.ppd.gz:\
:if=/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\
:sd=/var/spool/output:\
:sh
After starting lpd, I then tried to print with lpr, "lpr /etc/printcap".
The printer starts up and begins to print, but then the paper light comes
on and after pressing it, a blank sheet comes out. Anybody have any
thoughts? Is my printcap wrong? Thanks.
Today James Turner wrote:
Well, it seems I'm still having issues with apsfilter. It prints the
first 1/4 of the page on one sheet and the other 3/4 on another. I'm
now trying the foomatic-rip script again, which is yielding the same
result as last time. Some one emailed me a nice set of instructions off
list, but I no longer have them since I thought apsfilter was working.
Below is my /etc/printcap file, I have a2ps, hpijs and ghostscript all
installed. Any help would be great, thanks.
lp|DeskJet:\
:lp=/dev/ulpt0:\
:if=/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/log:\
:af=/usr/local/share/ppd/HP/HP-DeskJet_810C-hpijs.ppd.gz:\
:sh:
Moved your posting down so it can be followed better. I never
had much luck with apsfilter or hpijs. I have an old HP DeskJet
722C on an xp box. Everytime I do a new install of OpenBSD, I
copy foomatic-rip & the pertinent ppd file to /usr/local/bin &
use the following /etc/printcap entry:
rp|windows line printer:\
:rp=HPDeskJet:\
:rm=remotexpbox:\
:af=/usr/local/bin/pnm2ppa.ppd:\
:if=/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\
:sd=/var/spool/output:\
:mx#0:\
:sh
I noticed your ppd file is either gzipped or the entry in your
printcap is wrong. That may be a capability of apsfilter, foomatic
or hpijs I'm not familiar with. Don't know, but in all probability,
someone on the list may enlighten me. ;) Also, my printer is not usb
so that may be an issue. I just know the procedure I outlined above
works okay here. So, try putting the ungzipped ppd file into
/usr/local/bin, set the path appropriately in printcap, then try
lpr -Plp filetoprint
Hope this helps.
- --Denny White
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