Re: Canon printer and TurboPrint
Well, the fact is if you want an easier way, find someone to fix it for you. But man, if ya wanna change to *NIX, become a sysadmin better and go. You'll see that it's not that hard, is VERY SIMPLE, only ya've gotta get accostumed. Jerry-107 wrote: On Mon, 25 May 2009 12:01:49 -0700 (PDT) kristian.tenorio kristian.teno...@gmail.com wrote: Nice, go on using Windows, Jerry. I will use my FreeBSD Box. But I'd like to point out that my earlier solution is not that good. I'm going to fix it here, Jerry and I'm sure this'll be interesting for Chandan. Nice, go on TOP POSTING. I prefer to post in a more logical way. Seriously, one of the major problems I face when trying to get an associate or friend to try a non Windows solution is printing. Windows users are use to just sticking a CD in the box, installing the driver and whatever other programs the distributor has assembled for them, and then printing. *nix systems have never been really 'printer' friendly. If we are ever going to increase the market share, improving the whole printer 'experience' needs to be given some serious consideration. Personally, I cannot see a child or even many adults, going through the convoluted steps you have described needed to get a simple printer to work. There has to be a better way. Then again, that is just my 2ยข on the matter. -- Jerry ges...@yahoo.com Alas, how love can trifle with itself! William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Canon-printer-and-TurboPrint-tp7752609p23743923.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Canon printer and TurboPrint
Nice, go on using Windows, Jerry. I will use my FreeBSD Box. But I'd like to point out that my earlier solution is not that good. I'm going to fix it here, Jerry and I'm sure this'll be interesting for Chandan. Throughout this reply I will give two solutions: an improvement of tpr and lpd-compatibility. The tpr script has a major drawback: It has low performance and very low printing quality. Another drawback is that it'll not work in some (or all, I don't know) GNOME programs. I improved performance a little in this new version and this one has normal printing quality. So here are the steps: 0) Follow the steps 0-7 of my earlier document, if you have still not done that stuff. 1) The step 8 is the same with the difference that the script is updated. Changes are in italic. #!/bin/bash F=/compat/linux/usr/bin/tpprint P=Canon_PIXMA_iP8500 ; D=/dev/ulpt0 if [ $1 ]; then S=$1 ; else S=- ; fi gs -q -sDEVICE=pcx24b -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -r200 \ -sOutputFile=$HOME/tpr.pcx -c 300 setvmthreshold -f $S $F -d$P $HOME/tpr.pcx $HOME/tpr.job ; rm $HOME/tpr.pcx cat $HOME/tpr.job $D ; rm $HOME/tpr.job 2) Do step 9 found in the first part of my earlier document and print using the same steps. NOW THE NEW SOLUTION This solution will bring you less problems, no need of commands to print and high-quality. 0) Follow the steps 0-7 of my earlier document, if you have still haven't. 1) Enable the lpd daemon if it isn't enabled in your system by adding this line to /etc/rc.conf (as root) lpd_enable=YES 2) Add the following lines to /etc/printcap as root (this is an example of the Pixma iP8500 of Chandan). ip8500|canon|lp|usb|pixma|Canon Pixma iP8500 USB Printer:\ :sh:lp=/dev/ulpt0:\ :if=/usr/local/bin/if_ip8500:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ip8500: The printer will be named ip8500. The other values in the first line are called alias names. Notice the lp alias (in bold). This will set up your printer as the default one. Delete that alias if you don't want that printer to be the default. The lp variable in the next line will point to your printer's device. The if variable will refer to an input filter that doesn't exist yet. The sd variable will point to a directory for spooling that we don't have created yet. 3) Now we will do a simple PostScript input filter. This one will not process plain text. If you want to do a better one refer to the Printing section in the FreeBSD HandBook. Do it with your favourite text editor --I recommend using vi though. #!/bin/sh /usr/local/bin/gs -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pcx24b \ -r600 -sOutputFile=- -c 300 setvmthreshold -f - | \ /compat/linux/usr/bin/tpprint -dCanon_PIXMA_iP8500 - - exit 0 || exit 2 If you want to print using only black ink, use pcxgray instead of pcx24b If you want to change the resolution change the 600 to whatever you want. I don't recommend using less than 200. Notice the place where the driver is set. Name the script if_ip8500, save it in your home dir. and make it executable by typing in your shell. chmod 755 if_ip8500 4) It is time to copy the input filter to the bin directory. Enter as root and type the following command: cp /home/YOUR_USERNAME/if_ip8500 /usr/local/bin 5) Now we have to do the spooling directory for the Canon P. iP8500. As root type the following: mkdir /var/spool/lpd/ip8500 chown daemon:daemon /var/spool/lpd/ip8500 chmod 770 /var/spool/lpd/ip8500 6) Restart your system and enjoy it. You simply have to send your job from your app. through lpr. Remember, if you get a gray square, it is possibly that you haven't bought TurboPrint, it's not my problem. Jerry-107 wrote: On Sat, 23 May 2009 09:10:53 -0700 (PDT) kristian.tenorio kristian.teno...@gmail.com wrote: Well, you have a Canon iP8500. I guess I can really help you. I have tried TurboPrint on FreeBSD and it works. Here is what I did: 0) I installed the Fedora linux compat package from my FreeBSD discs 1) I enabled the linux compatibility by adding as root the following line to /etc/rc.conf linux_enable=YES 2) I installed bash and symlinked it to /bin by running as root cd /bin ; ln -s `which bash` 3) I installed ghostscript, you probably have it installed already 4) I mounted as root the linprocfs by running mount -t linprocfs linprocfs /compat/linux/proc 5) I downloaded the .tgz Turboprint file, copied it to my home and untarred it using tar xzf MYTURBOPRINTFILE where MYTURBOPRINTFILE is the name of the file you downloaded ending in .tgz 6) I changed to the new folder and ran as root this, following the on-screen instructions brandelf -t 'Linux' setup ./setup ~~~TURBOPRINT SETUP PROGRAM: SOME QUESTIONS AND STUFF ON THE SCREEN cd /compat/linux/usr/bin ls t* 7) With this last command you see some new programs installed from the Turboprint setup like tpprint, turboprint, etc. You simply change its brand, as root of course by running on each of them brandelf -t 'Linux' TURBOPRINT-BINARY where TURBOPRINT-BINARY is the name
Re: Canon printer and TurboPrint
Well, you have a Canon iP8500. I guess I can really help you. I have tried TurboPrint on FreeBSD and it works. Here is what I did: 0) I installed the Fedora linux compat package from my FreeBSD discs 1) I enabled the linux compatibility by adding as root the following line to /etc/rc.conf linux_enable=YES 2) I installed bash and symlinked it to /bin by running as root cd /bin ; ln -s `which bash` 3) I installed ghostscript, you probably have it installed already 4) I mounted as root the linprocfs by running mount -t linprocfs linprocfs /compat/linux/proc 5) I downloaded the .tgz Turboprint file, copied it to my home and untarred it using tar xzf MYTURBOPRINTFILE where MYTURBOPRINTFILE is the name of the file you downloaded ending in .tgz 6) I changed to the new folder and ran as root this, following the on-screen instructions brandelf -t 'Linux' setup ./setup ~~~TURBOPRINT SETUP PROGRAM: SOME QUESTIONS AND STUFF ON THE SCREEN cd /compat/linux/usr/bin ls t* 7) With this last command you see some new programs installed from the Turboprint setup like tpprint, turboprint, etc. You simply change its brand, as root of course by running on each of them brandelf -t 'Linux' TURBOPRINT-BINARY where TURBOPRINT-BINARY is the name of each executable file you think is Turboprint's. 8) Now is time to do the script. Enter your text editor on your session, copy the following script AS IS and save it as tpr on your home directory. Notice the P= and D= fields. #!/bin/bash F=/compat/linux/usr/bin/tpprint P=Canon_PIXMA_iP8500 D=/dev/ulpt0 if [ $1 ]; then S=$1 ; else S=- ; fi gs -sDEVICE=pcx24b -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=2 \ -dMaxBitmap=1000 -sOutputFile=$HOME/tpr.pcx $S $F -d$P $HOME/tpr.pcx $HOME/tpr.job ; rm $HOME/tpr.pcx cat $HOME/tpr.job $D ; rm $HOME/tpr.job 9) Make it executable and copy it to /usr/local/bin as root, something like cd /home/YOUR_USERNAME chmod 555 tpr cp tpr /usr/local/bin Now, it is installed. When you want to print follow these steps. Remember, you have to do this every time you turn your printer on. 1) Turn on your printer 2) Run the following command as root chmod 666 /dev/ulpt0 This will allow every user in the system print. 3) Go to the File menu in your app and select Print as you'd always do 4) If it is KDE, click Advanced Options and select (generic) from the menu. If it's not KDE look for printing through a command. The idea here is to print using a command. 5) Look for the command field and type tpr 6) Click OK or whatever else in your program and it will print your job You can print also a PDF or PostScript file on your terminal (it all) by running tpr FILENAME It works on whatever printer. If you have another printer simply change the P= field in the script. For instance, I have it P=Canon_i250 since I have a Canon i250 USB printer installed at home. If it doesn't work maybe the device is wrong. If the /dev/ulpt0 doesn't work, try /dev/unlpt0 if USB, or /dev/lpt0 for Parallel's. That is set in the D= field. /dev/ulpt0 should work for USB Printers. Send me an email. I really want to know whether it does work for you or not. Here it is, kristian.teno...@gmail.com Chandan Haldar wrote: Couldn't fix it with the time I could spend... so still saving printouts for Windoz. :-( I know, I know, it's a shame... On 12/8/06, a...@zeos.net a...@zeos.net wrote: On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 08:59:51PM +0530, Chandan Haldar wrote: I'm searching for ways to print on a Canon PIXMA IP8500 from FreeBSD 6.0 Release. Has anyone tried to make the linux driver for PIXUS IP 8600 from canon.jp work for the PIXMA IP 8500 on FreeBSD? Has anyone tried the TurboPrint linux driver on FreeBSD? I need it bad enough to even buy this Euro 30 driver if it works on FreeBSD. It's incredibly annoying to have to boot Win just to print :-(. Chandan How do you print on your Canon PIXMA? I have a Canon PIXMA iP 2000 and the same problem. Elisej Babenko ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Canon-printer-and-TurboPrint-tp7752609p23685866.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
