On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a good site for setting up/learning lpr/lpd for a printer on OpenBSD? > I've never used lpr for printing but need to print some email every so often > on this machine. > I enabled the lp section in /etc/printcap, set localhost under > /etc/hosts.equiv, tried reading man pages for lpd, but guess it's way over my > head. > I'm just trying to get my HP DJ870 setup to print email with mutt. > I'm running 4.3 > > Will the FreeBSD pages work with setting the printer up for OpenBSD?
I'd bet the FreeBSD pages will work the same for OpenBSD. Basically, lpd handles queuing for the printer. Most programs (such as a web browser) output postscript, which is sent to the printer. So it is assumed in the standard setup that your printer can handle postscript and/or plain text. The problem is that many cheap printers can't understand postscript or plain text, they have their own special printer language. However, lpd has the ability to handle filters (external programs) which can convert either postscript or plain text from the programs into printer language for that specific printer. This is basically what programs like apsfilter/ghostscript do. Honestly, I'm not really sure what cups or LPRng or the others like it do. I would recommend giving apsfilter a try first and see how that goes. If apsfilter/ghostscript can speak your printer's language then it is just a matter of setting up the filter correctly with lpd. I think apsfilter even has some sort of script that helps you configure everything. good luck, -Mark _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
