I've had problems with this (previous versions) ... I think it is included in the latest gs.. if you go
gs -h | grep hl1250 you will see whether it is there. If not, you should build the latest port. If you have trouble with this it can be built from source by adding the driver from http://www.openprinting.org/download/printing/ghostscript-8.x/drivers/hl1250/ Dhu On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:16:48 +0100 Tobias Ulmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 01:58:58AM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > I would like to bring to your attention that the driver hl1250 is missing > > from the > > Ghostscript 8.60. It has been removed since Ghostscript 6.xx. > > The driver happens to support a slue of the brand new Brother monochromatic > > laser printers > > See: > > > > http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/developers.html > > > > and should be compiled into Ghostscript 8.xx or 7.xx for those who must use > > 7.xx. > > This is a well documented problem and the solution is very simple > > > > http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=hl1250 > > > > Nobody is listed as a port maintainer so I am brining the issue before the > > port list. > > I am typing this message from the 4.2 Release so I have not checked the > > following: > > > > 1. The ghostscript port should be updated to 8.61 which is minor new > > release that fixes bugs. > > > > 2. I am not sure that the above driver is put back into the 8.61 but I > > really doubt. > > > > > > > > Most Kind Regards to Everyone, > > > > Predrag Punosevac > > > > > > > > Can you be a little more specific? I'm using that driver and it works > just fine... > > zinc:root# pkg_info | grep ghostscript > ghostscript-8.60-a4-no_x11 GNU PostScript interpreter > ghostscript-fonts-8.11p0 35 standard PostScript fonts with Adobe name > aliases > zinc:root# grep hl1250 /etc/printwrapper/pw > a2ps -q -1 -M A4 --border no -B -l 111 -Z --ppd=level2 -o /dev/stdout | > gs -q -sDEVICE=hl1250 -sOutputFile=/dev/stdout -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -dNOPAUSE > -dSAFER -r600x600 /dev/stdin > >
