RE: HP LJ 1100 setup
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 14 Mar Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try Andreas' GREAT printer port, print/apsfilter, which is one of hte best things in ports. How come it's so completly unknown? Ghostscript supports the HP1100 directly. So there's no need to deal with the other printer drivers, which should make it easy for you. Since you already installed apsfilter (which is unnecessary BTW) just run the following: I run a hp1100 myself here _and_ use apsfilter. Wouldn't want it any other way. The OP already said he tried apsfilter and it didn't work. apsfilter is a pre-postscript filter so obviously the OP's problem is something in how ghostscript is being tied into his printer. He needs to fix that first before apsfilter will do anything for him. When troubleshooting, break everything into it's components and attack them one at a time. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: HP LJ 1100 setup
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chuck Robey wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Chris wrote: Any ideas on how to setup an HPLJ 1100 using either cups or lpd? Try Andreas' GREAT printer port, print/apsfilter, which is one of hte best things in ports. How come it's so completly unknown? Heck, he even has a web site for it, www.apsfilter.org. Really, it's THAT good! Naaa - not with this one it don't. Nuffin but blank pages on every setup I try. OK, according to the following: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/printer.htm Ghostscript supports the HP1100 directly. So there's no need to deal with the other printer drivers, which should make it easy for you. Since you already installed apsfilter (which is unnecessary BTW) just run the following: gs -? This will spew out a list of devices that your version of Ghostscript has installed. For example: $ gs -? GNU Ghostscript 7.07 (2003-05-17) Copyright (C) 2003 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved. Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...] Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =) -dNOPAUSE no pause after page | -q `quiet', fewer messages -gwidthxheight page size in pixels | -rres pixels/inch resolution -sDEVICE=devname select device | -dBATCH exit after last file -sOutputFile=file select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe, embed %d or %ld for page # Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF Default output device: x11 Available devices: bbox bit bitcmyk bitrgb bmp16 bmp16m bmp256 bmp32b bmpgray bmpmono bmpsep1 bmpsep8 ccr cgm24 cgm8 cgmmono cif dfaxhigh dfaxlow epswrite faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 ijs inferno jpeg jpeggray lj4dith ljet4 ljet4d mgr4 mgr8 mgrgray2 mgrgray4 mgrgray8 mgrmono miff24 nullpage pam pbm pbmraw pcx16 pcx24b pcx256 pcxcmyk pcxgray pcxmono pdfwrite pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pkm pkmraw pksm pksmraw plan9bm png16 png16m png256 pngalpha pnggray pngmono pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw psgray psmono psrgb pswrite sgirgb stp sunhmono tiff12nc tiff24nc tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tifflzw tiffpack x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11cmyk2 x11cmyk4 x11cmyk8 x11gray2 x11gray4 x11mono x11rg16x x11rg32x Search path: . : /usr/local/share/ghostscript/7.07/lib : /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts For more information, see /usr/local/share/ghostscript/7.07/doc/Use.htm. Report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED], using the form in Bug-form.htm. $ Search the available devices for ljet4 If that driver is present your good to go. If not, then go to the ports into the ghostscript directory and do a make deinstall, make clean, make install and then make sure to select ljet4 from the list of devices. Once you have that device there, assuming your Laserjet is plugged into the parallel port, a commmand like: gs -sDEVICE=ljet4 -sOutputFile=/dev/lpt0 /usr/local/share/ghostscript/7.07/exampl es/colorcir.ps should print the postscript example file of a color circle. Assuming that works then it is pretty simple to setup a /etc/printcap entry for that. Here's an example: lp-hpps:\ :sh:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lp-hpps:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:mx=0:\ :of=/usr/local/bin/hppsfilter:rw: cat /usr/local/bin/hppsfilter #!/bin/sh # # Script that runs ghostscript for the HP # /usr/local/bin/gs -q -sDEVICE=ljet4 -sOutputFile=- - You can also write this as an input file for lpd, that might work better for you, read the manual. Note also that if your just going to be printing text only, then you just need a CR/LF filter, see: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/corp-net-guide/index.htm l specifically the section on setting up filters. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HP LJ 1100 setup
On Sunday 13 March 2005 10:03 pm, Chris wrote: Any ideas on how to setup an HPLJ 1100 using either cups or lpd? My Laserjet 1100 works quite nicely after I followed the instructions in the handbook chapter on printing and then installed ghostscript. Also needed the tip published here recently on dealing with interrupt storms. -LenZ- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HP LJ 1100 setup
On 14 Mar Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try Andreas' GREAT printer port, print/apsfilter, which is one of hte best things in ports. How come it's so completly unknown? Ghostscript supports the HP1100 directly. So there's no need to deal with the other printer drivers, which should make it easy for you. Since you already installed apsfilter (which is unnecessary BTW) just run the following: I run a hp1100 myself here _and_ use apsfilter. Wouldn't want it any other way. Apsfilter makes printing easy. No hussle about which filter to use for which data file. Everything just comes out of the hp1100 as I expect it to. No cups either. Hate that package. Just the plain old lpr stuff. Runs great. My home network all uses this printer. The other machines use OSX, FreeBSD, win98 and win-XP. -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11 ++ FreeBSD 5.3 + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HP LJ 1100 setup
Any ideas on how to setup an HPLJ 1100 using either cups or lpd? -- Best regards, Chris RACF is a four letter word. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HP LJ 1100 setup
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Chris wrote: Any ideas on how to setup an HPLJ 1100 using either cups or lpd? Try Andreas' GREAT printer port, print/apsfilter, which is one of hte best things in ports. How come it's so completly unknown? Heck, he even has a web site for it, www.apsfilter.org. Really, it's THAT good! Chuck Robey | Interests include C Java programming, FreeBSD, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary (on the wall at my old fraternity, Signa Phi Nothing). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HP LJ 1100 setup
Chuck Robey wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Chris wrote: Any ideas on how to setup an HPLJ 1100 using either cups or lpd? Try Andreas' GREAT printer port, print/apsfilter, which is one of hte best things in ports. How come it's so completly unknown? Heck, he even has a web site for it, www.apsfilter.org. Really, it's THAT good! Naaa - not with this one it don't. Nuffin but blank pages on every setup I try. -- Best regards, Chris Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HP LJ 1100 setup
Chris wrote: Chuck Robey wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Chris wrote: Any ideas on how to setup an HPLJ 1100 using either cups or lpd? Try Andreas' GREAT printer port, print/apsfilter, which is one of hte best things in ports. How come it's so completly unknown? Heck, he even has a web site for it, www.apsfilter.org. Really, it's THAT good! Naaa - not with this one it don't. Nuffin but blank pages on every setup I try. Well, there's a reason. You do have to read some docs*. What's the log say? I tend to agree that apsfilter is PDG, for most values of P, D, and G=Good Kevin Kinsey *I'm not necessarily implying that you didn't, but maybe you didn't read it all, or the right one, or misread something ... IIRC I skipped over something pretty important first try, also ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
