Re: Best way to print photos
On Monday 03 April 2006 15:27, M. Warner Losh wrote: OK. I got bordered photo printing working. I haven't gotten borderless printing working, alas. The key points I learned: (1) Install print/cups. (2) Install graphics/hpijs. This filters .ps - goo the printer groks (3) Install graphics/gimp. This makes .ps files (4) Kill lpr/lpd before starting cups. (5) Make sure you configure lpr/lpd not to startup on boot (6) Remove lp* binaries (7) Setup buildworld /etc/make.conf so it doesn't build lpr with NO_LPR or WITHOUT_LPR (8) Add printer via localhost:631 web interface. (8) Set printer to draft mode via cups for testing (9) Use firefox to generate test prints. (10) To print from gimp, I have to remove the '-l' from the command line every time I print in the printer setup. This causes the raw .ps file to go to the printer, rather than via cups' postscript filter for the printer. (11) To get photos, one must set photo quality via cups setup interface. #10 is was tripped me up for a long time. That's why printing to the black and white printer worked for me (it was a postscript printer), while it failed to the color. I hadn't noticed before that it printed the raw postscript and then lots of new lines. Since these newlines weren't accompanied by CR, all text was off the edge of the papper, all I got was a bunch of blank pages. #5 bit me on boot. Since cups replaces the /etc/printcap unconditionally, when lpd started it failed to start. I lost a bunch of print jobs before I worked out where they had gone and why things had gone south. I'd love to know how to print borderless prints (right now I get 1/4 (8mm) boarder on the prints). I'd also love to know how to setup gimp correctly. However, these are really side issues now that I have basic functionality working. Thanks to everybody who was helpful in getting me to this point. It got me over the hump. My HP DeskJet 5850 is working great as a color printer with CUPS and my LaserJet 2200 continues to work like before. Now, all I gotta do is to figure out my OfficeJet 4200, at least the scanning portion... But that can wait until my photo printing backlog is cleared... I'm working on the scanning bit. I've got a preliminary version of hplip ported. http://am-productions.biz/docs/hplip.tgz I'm working on getting some feedback from the hplip folks about why, GetInEP is returning a bogus endpoint in the Device::Read method. The side-effect of this is not being able to read from the device (eg. scanning, and status information). Device::Write works, so I'm able to at least print to my Officejet 5510v. The key right now for hplip, you have to run the printer as a ugen device not ulpt. Currently in the port Device::Read is overly complicated because it needs to handle it's own buffering since ugen doesn't buffer bulk endpoints. If you'd like to try to get it setup, you need to: 1) make sure your printer is attaching as a ugen device. 2) install the port using the linked skeleton above 3) Add the following to you rc.conf: hpiod_enable=YES hpssd_enable=YES Note: right now those daemons run as root, I'm going to change that once everything is working, but for right now that was easiest. 4) Stop cups 5) You MUST start the services in the following order /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hpiod start /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hpssd start /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd start 5) Run hp-setup and follow the prompts. 6) You should have been able to print out the test page in step 5. If not, send the relevant parts of your syslog output. -- Anish Mistry [EMAIL PROTECTED] AM Productions http://am-productions.biz/ pgpvXb4yGBsTT.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Best way to print photos
On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 06:12:01 +0200 (CEST) P.U.Kruppa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try something like # /usr/local/bin/lpr your_image.jpg If that works we will have to set some links and everything will be fine. ah yes :) (the thread was, partly, about issues with cups printing not showing up in GIMP). the cups-lpr port will do the switching of system's lpr for cups' lpr. cups-lpr-1.1.23.0_1 The CUPS BSD and system V compatibility binaries (lp* comma ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
M. Warner Losh wrote: OK. I got bordered photo printing working. I haven't gotten borderless printing working, alas. The key points I learned: (1) Install print/cups. (2) Install graphics/hpijs. This filters .ps - goo the printer groks (3) Install graphics/gimp. This makes .ps files (4) Kill lpr/lpd before starting cups. (5) Make sure you configure lpr/lpd not to startup on boot (6) Remove lp* binaries (7) Setup buildworld /etc/make.conf so it doesn't build lpr with NO_LPR or WITHOUT_LPR (8) Add printer via localhost:631 web interface. (8) Set printer to draft mode via cups for testing (9) Use firefox to generate test prints. (10) To print from gimp, I have to remove the '-l' from the command line every time I print in the printer setup. This causes the raw .ps file to go to the printer, rather than via cups' postscript filter for the printer. (11) To get photos, one must set photo quality via cups setup interface. [snip] Thanks very much for posting back a solution summary. I tried to monitor this thread but it got to be more verbose than I could digest. This is most helpful. I'd love to know how to print borderless prints (right now I get 1/4 (8mm) boarder on the prints). Perhaps I'm not reading you right, but if you mean you want to print your images all the way to the physical edge of the paper, I think you are out of luck. As I understand it, most consumer model printers simply do not (physically cannot) support that. In PDF terminology, you've got the MediaBox (paper size) is one thing and the Bleedbox (printable area) is another, smaller thing. Then there's the Trimbox, an even smaller area where printing is thought to be reliably accurate. Of course, if you can print borderless on your particular printer via Windows, then you should have a reasonable expectation of being able to do that in FreeBSD as well. However, if you regressed your setup I think you'd find that the hardware is the limiting factor. -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) gregb at scls.lib.wi.us, (608) 266-6348 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
The HP 5850 is capable of borderless photo prints. - Bob On 4/3/06, Greg Barniskis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: M. Warner Losh wrote: OK. I got bordered photo printing working. I haven't gotten borderless printing working, alas. The key points I learned: (1) Install print/cups. (2) Install graphics/hpijs. This filters .ps - goo the printer groks (3) Install graphics/gimp. This makes .ps files (4) Kill lpr/lpd before starting cups. (5) Make sure you configure lpr/lpd not to startup on boot (6) Remove lp* binaries (7) Setup buildworld /etc/make.conf so it doesn't build lpr with NO_LPR or WITHOUT_LPR (8) Add printer via localhost:631 web interface. (8) Set printer to draft mode via cups for testing (9) Use firefox to generate test prints. (10) To print from gimp, I have to remove the '-l' from the command line every time I print in the printer setup. This causes the raw .ps file to go to the printer, rather than via cups' postscript filter for the printer. (11) To get photos, one must set photo quality via cups setup interface. [snip] Thanks very much for posting back a solution summary. I tried to monitor this thread but it got to be more verbose than I could digest. This is most helpful. I'd love to know how to print borderless prints (right now I get 1/4 (8mm) boarder on the prints). Perhaps I'm not reading you right, but if you mean you want to print your images all the way to the physical edge of the paper, I think you are out of luck. As I understand it, most consumer model printers simply do not (physically cannot) support that. In PDF terminology, you've got the MediaBox (paper size) is one thing and the Bleedbox (printable area) is another, smaller thing. Then there's the Trimbox, an even smaller area where printing is thought to be reliably accurate. Of course, if you can print borderless on your particular printer via Windows, then you should have a reasonable expectation of being able to do that in FreeBSD as well. However, if you regressed your setup I think you'd find that the hardware is the limiting factor. -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) gregb at scls.lib.wi.us, (608) 266-6348 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
Of course, if you can print borderless on your particular printer via Windows, then you should have a reasonable expectation of being able to do that in FreeBSD as well. However, if you regressed your setup I think you'd find that the hardware is the limiting factor. What you said about printing all the way to the edge of the paper is generally true of consumer grade printers, especially laser printers. This printer, however, is definitely able to produce borderless prints with Windows. Warner ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On Monday 03 April 2006 22:17, M. Warner Losh wrote: In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vayu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Monday 03 April 2006 12:27, M. Warner Losh wrote: : OK. I got bordered photo printing working. I haven't gotten : borderless printing working, alas. : : The key points I learned: : : (1) Install print/cups. : (2) Install graphics/hpijs. This filters .ps - goo the printer groks : (3) Install graphics/gimp.This makes .ps files : (4) Kill lpr/lpd before starting cups. : (5) Make sure you configure lpr/lpd not to startup on boot : (6) Remove lp* binaries : (7) Setup buildworld /etc/make.conf so it doesn't build lpr with : NO_LPR or WITHOUT_LPR : (8) Add printer via localhost:631 web interface. : (8) Set printer to draft mode via cups for testing : (9) Use firefox to generate test prints. : (10) To print from gimp, I have to remove the '-l' from the command : line every time I print in the printer setup. This causes the : raw .ps file to go to the printer, rather than via cups' : postscript filter for the printer. : (11) To get photos, one must set photo quality via cups setup : interface. : : : For someone who has just been struggling with CUPS this is helpful. : Would you mind elaborating the steps on how to accomplish 5, 6 and 7 above? : I've got most everything working, now I'd like to switch to the CUPs lp : commands. Sure. Step 5 is accomplished by not having a line like lpd_enable=yes in /etc/rc.conf. I had one from when I was using lpd. Step 6 is just 'sudo rm -f /usr/bin/lp?*'. /usr/bin/lp is mildly useful, and will be recreated. What do you mean will be recreated? (If it's going to be recreated, then why delete it?) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 23:10:16 -0700 Vayu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Step 6 is just 'sudo rm -f /usr/bin/lp?*'. /usr/bin/lp is mildly useful, and will be recreated. What do you mean will be recreated? (If it's going to be recreated, then why delete it?) why not install print/cups-lpr [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Tue Apr 4 16:16:14 2006] /usr/home/betom $ less /usr/ports/print/cups-lpr/pkg-message ** ** PLEASE NOTE: This port will move lpr binaries located in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin to unshade cups-lpr binaries in PATH variable ** ** AND add the options to make.conf so when you rebuild world, you won't over-ride the cups files. Beto ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vayu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Monday 03 April 2006 22:17, M. Warner Losh wrote: : In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Vayu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : : On Monday 03 April 2006 12:27, M. Warner Losh wrote: : : OK. I got bordered photo printing working. I haven't gotten : : borderless printing working, alas. : : : : The key points I learned: : : : : (1) Install print/cups. : : (2) Install graphics/hpijs. This filters .ps - goo the printer groks : : (3) Install graphics/gimp. This makes .ps files : : (4) Kill lpr/lpd before starting cups. : : (5) Make sure you configure lpr/lpd not to startup on boot : : (6) Remove lp* binaries : : (7) Setup buildworld /etc/make.conf so it doesn't build lpr with : : NO_LPR or WITHOUT_LPR : : (8) Add printer via localhost:631 web interface. : : (8) Set printer to draft mode via cups for testing : : (9) Use firefox to generate test prints. : : (10) To print from gimp, I have to remove the '-l' from the command : : line every time I print in the printer setup. This causes the : : raw .ps file to go to the printer, rather than via cups' : : postscript filter for the printer. : : (11) To get photos, one must set photo quality via cups setup : : interface. : : : : : : For someone who has just been struggling with CUPS this is helpful. : : Would you mind elaborating the steps on how to accomplish 5, 6 and 7 : above? : : I've got most everything working, now I'd like to switch to the CUPs lp : : commands. : : Sure. : : Step 5 is accomplished by not having a line like lpd_enable=yes in : /etc/rc.conf. I had one from when I was using lpd. : : Step 6 is just 'sudo rm -f /usr/bin/lp?*'. /usr/bin/lp is mildly : useful, and will be recreated. : : What do you mean will be recreated? (If it's going to be recreated, then why : delete it?) installworld will recreate it. Warner ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Norberto Meijome [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 23:10:16 -0700 : Vayu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : : Step 6 is just 'sudo rm -f /usr/bin/lp?*'. /usr/bin/lp is mildly : useful, and will be recreated. : : What do you mean will be recreated? (If it's going to be recreated, : then why delete it?) : : why not install print/cups-lpr : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Tue Apr 4 16:16:14 2006] : /usr/home/betom : $ less /usr/ports/print/cups-lpr/pkg-message : ** : ** : PLEASE NOTE: : : : This port will move lpr binaries located in /usr/bin and : /usr/sbin to unshade cups-lpr binaries in PATH variable : : ** : ** : : AND add the options to make.conf so when you rebuild world, you won't : over-ride the cups files. That's what I recall seeing. Thanks for the tip. Warner ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
OK. I got bordered photo printing working. I haven't gotten borderless printing working, alas. The key points I learned: (1) Install print/cups. (2) Install graphics/hpijs. This filters .ps - goo the printer groks (3) Install graphics/gimp. This makes .ps files (4) Kill lpr/lpd before starting cups. (5) Make sure you configure lpr/lpd not to startup on boot (6) Remove lp* binaries (7) Setup buildworld /etc/make.conf so it doesn't build lpr with NO_LPR or WITHOUT_LPR (8) Add printer via localhost:631 web interface. (8) Set printer to draft mode via cups for testing (9) Use firefox to generate test prints. (10) To print from gimp, I have to remove the '-l' from the command line every time I print in the printer setup. This causes the raw .ps file to go to the printer, rather than via cups' postscript filter for the printer. (11) To get photos, one must set photo quality via cups setup interface. #10 is was tripped me up for a long time. That's why printing to the black and white printer worked for me (it was a postscript printer), while it failed to the color. I hadn't noticed before that it printed the raw postscript and then lots of new lines. Since these newlines weren't accompanied by CR, all text was off the edge of the papper, all I got was a bunch of blank pages. #5 bit me on boot. Since cups replaces the /etc/printcap unconditionally, when lpd started it failed to start. I lost a bunch of print jobs before I worked out where they had gone and why things had gone south. I'd love to know how to print borderless prints (right now I get 1/4 (8mm) boarder on the prints). I'd also love to know how to setup gimp correctly. However, these are really side issues now that I have basic functionality working. Thanks to everybody who was helpful in getting me to this point. It got me over the hump. My HP DeskJet 5850 is working great as a color printer with CUPS and my LaserJet 2200 continues to work like before. Now, all I gotta do is to figure out my OfficeJet 4200, at least the scanning portion... But that can wait until my photo printing backlog is cleared... Thanks again, Warner ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On Monday 03 April 2006 14:27, M. Warner Losh wrote: OK. I got bordered photo printing working. I haven't gotten borderless printing working, alas. The key points I learned: (1) Install print/cups. (2) Install graphics/hpijs. This filters .ps - goo the printer groks (3) Install graphics/gimp.This makes .ps files (4) Kill lpr/lpd before starting cups. (5) Make sure you configure lpr/lpd not to startup on boot (6) Remove lp* binaries (7) Setup buildworld /etc/make.conf so it doesn't build lpr with NO_LPR or WITHOUT_LPR (8) Add printer via localhost:631 web interface. (8) Set printer to draft mode via cups for testing (9) Use firefox to generate test prints. (10) To print from gimp, I have to remove the '-l' from the command line every time I print in the printer setup. This causes the raw .ps file to go to the printer, rather than via cups' postscript filter for the printer. (11) To get photos, one must set photo quality via cups setup interface. #10 is was tripped me up for a long time. That's why printing to the black and white printer worked for me (it was a postscript printer), while it failed to the color. I hadn't noticed before that it printed the raw postscript and then lots of new lines. Since these newlines weren't accompanied by CR, all text was off the edge of the papper, all I got was a bunch of blank pages. #5 bit me on boot. Since cups replaces the /etc/printcap unconditionally, when lpd started it failed to start. I lost a bunch of print jobs before I worked out where they had gone and why things had gone south. I'd love to know how to print borderless prints (right now I get 1/4 (8mm) boarder on the prints). I'd also love to know how to setup gimp correctly. However, these are really side issues now that I have basic functionality working. Thanks to everybody who was helpful in getting me to this point. It got me over the hump. My HP DeskJet 5850 is working great as a color printer with CUPS and my LaserJet 2200 continues to work like before. Now, all I gotta do is to figure out my OfficeJet 4200, at least the scanning portion... But that can wait until my photo printing backlog is cleared... Thanks again, Warner Hi Warner, You have to have a printer that's capable of doing borderless prints. Most printers will only print to within 1/4 of the page. Try a custom size paper (increase the size by 1/2), maybe that will help do it. Don ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
You have to have a printer that's capable of doing borderless prints. Most printers will only print to within 1/4 of the page. Try a custom size paper (increase the size by 1/2), maybe that will help do it. Windows does borderless printing on this printer, so I know it can do it. Warner ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On Monday 03 April 2006 12:27, M. Warner Losh wrote: OK. I got bordered photo printing working. I haven't gotten borderless printing working, alas. The key points I learned: (1) Install print/cups. (2) Install graphics/hpijs. This filters .ps - goo the printer groks (3) Install graphics/gimp.This makes .ps files (4) Kill lpr/lpd before starting cups. (5) Make sure you configure lpr/lpd not to startup on boot (6) Remove lp* binaries (7) Setup buildworld /etc/make.conf so it doesn't build lpr with NO_LPR or WITHOUT_LPR (8) Add printer via localhost:631 web interface. (8) Set printer to draft mode via cups for testing (9) Use firefox to generate test prints. (10) To print from gimp, I have to remove the '-l' from the command line every time I print in the printer setup. This causes the raw .ps file to go to the printer, rather than via cups' postscript filter for the printer. (11) To get photos, one must set photo quality via cups setup interface. For someone who has just been struggling with CUPS this is helpful. Would you mind elaborating the steps on how to accomplish 5, 6 and 7 above? I've got most everything working, now I'd like to switch to the CUPs lp commands. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vayu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Monday 03 April 2006 12:27, M. Warner Losh wrote: : OK. I got bordered photo printing working. I haven't gotten : borderless printing working, alas. : : The key points I learned: : : (1) Install print/cups. : (2) Install graphics/hpijs. This filters .ps - goo the printer groks : (3) Install graphics/gimp. This makes .ps files : (4) Kill lpr/lpd before starting cups. : (5) Make sure you configure lpr/lpd not to startup on boot : (6) Remove lp* binaries : (7) Setup buildworld /etc/make.conf so it doesn't build lpr with : NO_LPR or WITHOUT_LPR : (8) Add printer via localhost:631 web interface. : (8) Set printer to draft mode via cups for testing : (9) Use firefox to generate test prints. : (10) To print from gimp, I have to remove the '-l' from the command : line every time I print in the printer setup. This causes the : raw .ps file to go to the printer, rather than via cups' : postscript filter for the printer. : (11) To get photos, one must set photo quality via cups setup : interface. : : : For someone who has just been struggling with CUPS this is helpful. : Would you mind elaborating the steps on how to accomplish 5, 6 and 7 above? : I've got most everything working, now I'd like to switch to the CUPs lp : commands. Sure. Step 5 is accomplished by not having a line like lpd_enable=yes in /etc/rc.conf. I had one from when I was using lpd. Step 6 is just 'sudo rm -f /usr/bin/lp?*'. /usr/bin/lp is mildly useful, and will be recreated. There's also a knob to the cups port which lets you override the system default programs, but I'm unsure what it is. A quick grep shows me nothing (likely grepping in the wrong dir). Step 7 is just adding the lines: NO_LPR=yes 6.x and older WITHOUT_LPR=yes 7.x and newer to /etc/make.conf. In 7.x and newer you can add it to /etc/src.conf as well. Warner ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On Friday 31 March 2006 00:08, M. Warner Losh wrote: Let us suppose that I have a HP DeskJet 5850 that I can talk to via CUPS. I can print test pages w/o any problem. What are my options to print photos and what kind of quality can I expect relative to Windows? Warner ___ Hi Warner, The reviews of the 5850 say it prints pretty good pictures. So, the printer is capable. The problem is the cups driver your using may not be so capable, and you need to locate one that is capable of photo quality printing. A long (couple of years or so) I had an HP 2000c. The driver for windows would print very good color pictures. Since this was a networked printer and I had a FreeBSD computer connected to the LAN, I wanted to be able to use it through FreeBSD. The cups driver did a very good job with text and graphics that didn't need to be photo quality. On photos, it just plain sucked. I think I was able to use the HP2000c PPD from the Windows install - I can't say positively that's where I got it from. I had to have the 2000c installed in cups twice, once as HP2000, with the cups PPD; and once as PHOTO, with the photo capable PPD. You don't want to use the photo PPD for plain text. With that setup it was capable of print quality every bit as good as Windows. So, you should be able to print photos with the same quality as Windows, if you locate a PPD that will do it. Don ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On 3/31/06, M. Warner Losh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let us suppose that I have a HP DeskJet 5850 that I can talk to via CUPS. I can print test pages w/o any problem. What are my options to print photos and what kind of quality can I expect relative to Windows? According to http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_5850, HP's HPIJS driver gives excellent photo quality with HP printers. One reviewer says that the quality at high resolution isn't quite as good as Windows, but it isn't clear whether that means high-resolution normal mode, or photo mode, or both. ports/print/foomatic-db-hpijs and /ports/print/hpijs - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Friday 31 March 2006 00:08, M. Warner Losh wrote: : Let us suppose that I have a HP DeskJet 5850 that I can talk to via : CUPS. I can print test pages w/o any problem. : : What are my options to print photos and what kind of quality can I : expect relative to Windows? : : Warner : ___ : : Hi Warner, Donnald, : The reviews of the 5850 say it prints pretty good pictures. So, the : printer is capable. The problem is the cups driver your using may not : be so capable, and you need to locate one that is capable of photo : quality printing. It prints absoultely fabulous picture, under windows. : A long (couple of years or so) I had an HP 2000c. The driver for windows : would print very good color pictures. Since this was a networked : printer and I had a FreeBSD computer connected to the LAN, I wanted to : be able to use it through FreeBSD. The cups driver did a very good job : with text and graphics that didn't need to be photo quality. On photos, : it just plain sucked. I think I was able to use the HP2000c PPD from : the Windows install - I can't say positively that's where I got it : from. I had to have the 2000c installed in cups twice, once as HP2000, : with the cups PPD; and once as PHOTO, with the photo capable PPD. You : don't want to use the photo PPD for plain text. With that setup it was : capable of print quality every bit as good as Windows. : : So, you should be able to print photos with the same quality as Windows, : if you locate a PPD that will do it. Let's assume for the moment that my PPD is good. I guess I'm looking for something more basic: how do I take the .jpg from my camera and get a photo on my printer. What's the conversion process? Warner ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On 3/31/06, M. Warner Losh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Let us suppose that I have a HP DeskJet 5850 that I can talk to via : CUPS. I can print test pages w/o any problem. : : What are my options to print photos and what kind of quality can I : expect relative to Windows? : : : According to http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_5850, : HP's HPIJS driver gives excellent photo quality with HP printers. : One reviewer says that the quality at high resolution isn't quite as : good as Windows, but it isn't clear whether that means high-resolution : normal mode, or photo mode, or both. : : ports/print/foomatic-db-hpijs and /ports/print/hpijs Bob, Thanks for the tips. I have these ports installed, but am tripping over something stupidly basic: what converts the pict0001.jpg into something that can be fed to the hpijs driver that will print? Warner ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On Friday 31 March 2006 10:34, M. Warner Losh wrote: Let's assume for the moment that my PPD is good. I guess I'm looking for something more basic: how do I take the .jpg from my camera and get a photo on my printer. What's the conversion process? Warner Your going to have to look at gphoto2 and libgphoto2, and digikam. I don't have a camera anymore so I can't check it to make sure of the exact procedure. I would also expect to be doing it as root until you get the permissions set right. The camera I used connected to a serial port. There are more options available now with newer cameras. Don ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On Friday 31 March 2006 10:37, M. Warner Losh wrote: Bob, Thanks for the tips. I have these ports installed, but am tripping over something stupidly basic: what converts the pict0001.jpg into something that can be fed to the hpijs driver that will print? Warner ___ Gimp will do image manipulation as well as print, openoffice, several in kde - kuickshow for one, several in gnome. I just printed a jpg using kuickshow, so I know it will do it. Pretty much, once you've got the jpg off the camera, what you do with it depends on your preferences. Don ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
M. Warner Losh wrote: In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On 3/31/06, M. Warner Losh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Let us suppose that I have a HP DeskJet 5850 that I can talk to via : CUPS. I can print test pages w/o any problem. : : What are my options to print photos and what kind of quality can I : expect relative to Windows? : : : According to http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_5850, : HP's HPIJS driver gives excellent photo quality with HP printers. : One reviewer says that the quality at high resolution isn't quite as : good as Windows, but it isn't clear whether that means high-resolution : normal mode, or photo mode, or both. : : ports/print/foomatic-db-hpijs and /ports/print/hpijs Bob, Thanks for the tips. I have these ports installed, but am tripping over something stupidly basic: what converts the pict0001.jpg into something that can be fed to the hpijs driver that will print? Warner I use the gimp for that (graphics/gimp). The kde programs Krita, Kview, and KolourPaintAlso, as well as the gtk program gqview, can all print too. I can't vouch for their usefulness since I've never used them for printing. You might also try browsing http://www.freebsd.org/ports/graphics.html to see if there's something there that sounds better. HTH, Micah ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Friday 31 March 2006 10:37, M. Warner Losh wrote: : Bob, : : Thanks for the tips. I have these ports installed, but am tripping : over something stupidly basic: what converts the pict0001.jpg into : something that can be fed to the hpijs driver that will print? : : Warner : ___ : Gimp will do image manipulation as well as print, openoffice, several in : kde - kuickshow for one, several in gnome. I just printed a jpg using : kuickshow, so I know it will do it. Pretty much, once you've got the : jpg off the camera, what you do with it depends on your preferences. gimp doesn't have my printer listed, and printing .ps to it fails. Is there some file I need to put somewhere? Warner ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On Friday 31 March 2006 11:56, M. Warner Losh wrote: In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Friday 31 March 2006 10:37, M. Warner Losh wrote: : Bob, : : Thanks for the tips. I have these ports installed, but am : tripping over something stupidly basic: what converts the : pict0001.jpg into something that can be fed to the hpijs driver : that will print? : : Warner : ___ : : Gimp will do image manipulation as well as print, openoffice, : several in kde - kuickshow for one, several in gnome. I just : printed a jpg using kuickshow, so I know it will do it. Pretty : much, once you've got the jpg off the camera, what you do with it : depends on your preferences. gimp doesn't have my printer listed, and printing .ps to it fails. Is there some file I need to put somewhere? Warner Are you using cups? Or something else? If you have your printer working under cups, then I would think that gimp would print to it. I remember when I was using an HP2000c, it wasn't listed under gimp either, but I was able to install it there because I was able to use it with cups. Failing that, there are other programs you can use to print the adjusted jpg file, kuickshow is one, openoffice2.0.2 has several, kde has several besides kuickshow, gnome2 has several. Warner, I know you are expert on FreeBSD, and know you know your way around a computer at least as well as I do, if not better, I have several emails from you concerning ACPI, and you show up in various other lists that I belong to, so I know who you are. My question to you is: do you have some hidden reason for showing up on questions and acting like a newbie, or are you sincerely looking for help here. With the hand holding your asking for, I'm beginning to wonder. If you do in-fact, need the help, then you should know that without providing information, that you haven't been volunteering, we aren't going to get anywhere fast. Don ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Friday 31 March 2006 11:56, M. Warner Losh wrote: : In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : : On Friday 31 March 2006 10:37, M. Warner Losh wrote: : : Bob, : : : : Thanks for the tips. I have these ports installed, but am : : tripping over something stupidly basic: what converts the : : pict0001.jpg into something that can be fed to the hpijs driver : : that will print? : : : : Warner : : ___ : : : : Gimp will do image manipulation as well as print, openoffice, : : several in kde - kuickshow for one, several in gnome. I just : : printed a jpg using kuickshow, so I know it will do it. Pretty : : much, once you've got the jpg off the camera, what you do with it : : depends on your preferences. : : gimp doesn't have my printer listed, and printing .ps to it fails. : Is there some file I need to put somewhere? : : Warner : : Are you using cups? Or something else? If you have your printer working : under cups, then I would think that gimp would print to it. I have cups running. I'd have thought that too, so I'm doing something insanely stupid. I can print to my other HP printer, but it understands .ps natively. If the answer to printing from gimp is 'just print a .ps' then I'm happy. : I remember : when I was using an HP2000c, it wasn't listed under gimp either, but I : was able to install it there because I was able to use it with cups. : Failing that, there are other programs you can use to print the : adjusted jpg file, kuickshow is one, openoffice2.0.2 has several, kde : has several besides kuickshow, gnome2 has several. I can print test pages with the CUPS interface w/o a problem. I'll try directly printing a simple color PS document next. I just realized that I haven't tried to do that yet. : Warner, I know you are expert on FreeBSD, and know you know your way : around a computer at least as well as I do, if not better, I have : several emails from you concerning ACPI, and you show up in various : other lists that I belong to, so I know who you are. My question to you : is: do you have some hidden reason for showing up on questions and : acting like a newbie, or are you sincerely looking for help here. With : the hand holding your asking for, I'm beginning to wonder. If you do : in-fact, need the help, then you should know that without providing : information, that you haven't been volunteering, we aren't going to get : anywhere fast. The reason is that I've been trying to get printing working for something like ages. I've fought cups, hpijs, etc many times in the past. I picked bad times, in retrospect, to try to use these tools since they were broken in some subtle way at the time. I'm frustrated and need a little hand-holding. I think I might have earned a little bit of it from the years of kernel related help I've given out :-). I've not focused on printing on FreeBSD much at all since until the latest color printer I got, good old lpr/lpd has been enough. I'm not sure what information to provide. I do understand its need. I'm somewhat new to the image processing side of printing, so am acting like a totale newbie because in some ways I am :-). I'm doing multiple printer/scanner projects at the same time. I have a network connected HP LaserJet 2200 that's working great under both lpr and cups. I have a network connected HP DeskJet 5850 that's not working at all under lpr/FreeBSD, but I can at least print test pages on under CUPS. It works great from Windows. I also have a usb connected HP OfficeJet 4200 scanner/printer/fax that I'm trying to get scanning working on, but that's on a completely different machine/different story :-). Warner ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On 3/31/06, M. Warner Losh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On 3/31/06, M. Warner Losh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Let us suppose that I have a HP DeskJet 5850 that I can talk to via : CUPS. I can print test pages w/o any problem. : : What are my options to print photos and what kind of quality can I : expect relative to Windows? : : : According to http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_5850, : HP's HPIJS driver gives excellent photo quality with HP printers. : One reviewer says that the quality at high resolution isn't quite as : good as Windows, but it isn't clear whether that means high-resolution : normal mode, or photo mode, or both. : : ports/print/foomatic-db-hpijs and /ports/print/hpijs Bob, Thanks for the tips. I have these ports installed, but am tripping over something stupidly basic: what converts the pict0001.jpg into something that can be fed to the hpijs driver that will print? Warner In principle, an application feeds it to CUPS, CUPS feeds it to GhostScript, and GhostScript uses the HPIJS driver to print it. Or something like that. In practice, I use APSFILTER instead of CUPS, and I haven't ever tried to do photo printing from FreeBSD, although getting my wife's HP photo printer working with FreeBSD is on my list of things to do this weekend, or next weekend, or maybe the weekend after that. The process works for printing JPEGs from web pages on my laser printer (although not with HPIJS), and since the HPIJS driver is supposed to autodetect photo paper in your printer, I would expect it to just work for photos if you can print a web page with it. As for a specific application, The Gimp knows something about printing photos, but again, I haven't actually done it. Digikam also looks very promising as a photo manipulation tool. Anything that can display it and knows how to print ought to do it (kview for example?). I'm sure someone with actual experience can provide a more complete answer.;-) So far, I've printed from the Gimp by writing the file to a USB thumbdrive, and plugging that into the photo printer. The Gimp will let you define the picture dimensions in inches, which may be necessary to get the printing results you want. Otherwise you may end up with a picture that is 1 x 1.5 inches, or one point by one point, or a piece of an 8x10 printed on 4x6 paper, or any of several other possible defaults I've managed to print in the past. Some printers also do bad things if the image has too many pixels (or maybe bytes), so I've sometimes needed to reduce the image resolution before printing. - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On Friday 31 March 2006 14:16, Bob Johnson wrote: In principle, an application feeds it to CUPS, CUPS feeds it to GhostScript, and GhostScript uses the HPIJS driver to print it. Or something like that. In practice, I use APSFILTER instead of CUPS, and I haven't ever tried to do photo printing from FreeBSD, although getting my wife's HP photo printer working with FreeBSD is on my list of things to do this weekend, or next weekend, or maybe the weekend after that. The process works for printing JPEGs from web pages on my laser printer (although not with HPIJS), and since the HPIJS driver is supposed to autodetect photo paper in your printer, I would expect it to just work for photos if you can print a web page with it. As for a specific application, The Gimp knows something about printing photos, but again, I haven't actually done it. Digikam also looks very promising as a photo manipulation tool. Anything that can display it and knows how to print ought to do it (kview for example?). I'm sure someone with actual experience can provide a more complete answer.;-) So far, I've printed from the Gimp by writing the file to a USB thumbdrive, and plugging that into the photo printer. The Gimp will let you define the picture dimensions in inches, which may be necessary to get the printing results you want. Otherwise you may end up with a picture that is 1 x 1.5 inches, or one point by one point, or a piece of an 8x10 printed on 4x6 paper, or any of several other possible defaults I've managed to print in the past. Some printers also do bad things if the image has too many pixels (or maybe bytes), so I've sometimes needed to reduce the image resolution before printing. - Bob ___ Unless the printer was capable of determining what sort of paper it was loaded with, I just don't see how the HPIJS driver would autodetect photopaper. Don ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On 3/31/06, Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 31 March 2006 14:16, Bob Johnson wrote: [...] The process works for printing JPEGs from web pages on my laser printer (although not with HPIJS), and since the HPIJS driver is supposed to autodetect photo paper in your printer, I would expect it to just work for photos if you can print a web page with it. ___ Unless the printer was capable of determining what sort of paper it was loaded with, I just don't see how the HPIJS driver would autodetect photopaper. Don The documentation says that's exactly what happens. The printer detects it, and tells the driver. On our HP printer, you switch a lever to get it to print from the photo paper tray instead of the main tray. That may be what it detects, or maybe it's even smarter than that. - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Friday 31 March 2006 14:16, Bob Johnson wrote: : : In principle, an application feeds it to CUPS, CUPS feeds it to : GhostScript, and GhostScript uses the HPIJS driver to print it. Or : something like that. In practice, I use APSFILTER instead of CUPS, : and I haven't ever tried to do photo printing from FreeBSD, although : getting my wife's HP photo printer working with FreeBSD is on my list : of things to do this weekend, or next weekend, or maybe the weekend : after that. : : The process works for printing JPEGs from web pages on my laser : printer (although not with HPIJS), and since the HPIJS driver is : supposed to autodetect photo paper in your printer, I would expect it : to just work for photos if you can print a web page with it. : : : As for a specific application, The Gimp knows something about : printing photos, but again, I haven't actually done it. Digikam : also looks very promising as a photo manipulation tool. Anything : that can display it and knows how to print ought to do it (kview for : example?). I'm sure someone with actual experience can provide a more : complete answer.;-) : : So far, I've printed from the Gimp by writing the file to a USB : thumbdrive, and plugging that into the photo printer. The Gimp will : let you define the picture dimensions in inches, which may be : necessary to get the printing results you want. Otherwise you may : end up with a picture that is 1 x 1.5 inches, or one point by one : point, or a piece of an 8x10 printed on 4x6 paper, or any of several : other possible defaults I've managed to print in the past. Some : printers also do bad things if the image has too many pixels (or : maybe bytes), so I've sometimes needed to reduce the image resolution : before printing. : : - Bob : ___ : : Unless the printer was capable of determining what sort of paper it was : loaded with, I just don't see how the HPIJS driver would autodetect : photopaper. It doesn't. However, one of the CUPS settings is 'paper type' and 'paper size'. There's also print quality. I can set those manually and CUPS claims that the settings changes have taken effect. Warner ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On 3/31/06, M. Warner Losh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donald J. O'Neill [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Friday 31 March 2006 14:16, Bob Johnson wrote: : : The process works for printing JPEGs from web pages on my laser : printer (although not with HPIJS), and since the HPIJS driver is : supposed to autodetect photo paper in your printer, I would expect it : to just work for photos if you can print a web page with it. : : : ___ : : Unless the printer was capable of determining what sort of paper it was : loaded with, I just don't see how the HPIJS driver would autodetect : photopaper. It doesn't. However, one of the CUPS settings is 'paper type' and 'paper size'. There's also print quality. I can set those manually and CUPS claims that the settings changes have taken effect. Warner If HPIJS doesn't autodetect photo paper, you may not be able to print decent photos. It may be that HPIJS detects the change, but doesn't tell CUPS about it. You have me curious enough that I think getting our HP 4xxx (whatever it is) working with FreeBSD will be a project for this weekend. The pinhole camera can wait another week, I guess. If I learn anything useful, I'll let you know. - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
Bob Johnson writes: On 3/31/06, M. Warner Losh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : On Friday 31 March 2006 14:16, Bob Johnson wrote: : : The process works for printing JPEGs from web pages on my laser : printer (although not with HPIJS), and since the HPIJS driver is : supposed to autodetect photo paper in your printer, I would expect it : to just work for photos if you can print a web page with it. : : Unless the printer was capable of determining what sort of paper it was : loaded with, I just don't see how the HPIJS driver would autodetect : photopaper. It doesn't. However, one of the CUPS settings is 'paper type' and 'paper size'. There's also print quality. I can set those manually and CUPS claims that the settings changes have taken effect. If HPIJS doesn't autodetect photo paper, you may not be able to print decent photos. It may be that HPIJS detects the change, but doesn't tell CUPS about it. You have me curious enough that I think getting our HP 4xxx (whatever it is) working with FreeBSD will be a project for this weekend. The pinhole camera can wait another week, I guess. If I learn anything useful, I'll let you know. I don't know if its any help, but the Gimp has a menu for the kind of paper put in the printer, and automatically changes gamma to accommodate it, (at least on the Epson printers.) Of course, if you aren't printing from Gimp, its not of much use. John -- John Conover, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.johncon.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:46:03 -0700 (MST) M. Warner Losh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Are you using cups? Or something else? If you have your printer working : under cups, then I would think that gimp would print to it. I have cups running. I'd have thought that too, so I'm doing something insanely stupid. I can print to my other HP printer, but it understands .ps natively. If the answer to printing from gimp is 'just print a .ps' then I'm happy. Hi all, I have gimp and cups running on my box. From gimp, all I need to do is go to the option and select the (cups based) printer I want and off it goes. I actually did this yesterday with no problem. Photo quality printing and all that I havent been able to test/use yet, but I should in the near future. The comments about the right driver and using any of the several options in Gimp's print dialog would seem spot on FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #0: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Sat Apr 1 08:53:56 2006] ~ $ pkg_info | grep cup cups-1.1.23.0_1 The Common UNIX Printing System: Metaport to install comple cups-base-1.1.23.0_8 The Common UNIX Printing System: headers, libs, daemons cups-lpr-1.1.23.0_1 The CUPS BSD and system V compatibility binaries (lp* comma cups-pdf-1.7.4 A virtual printer for CUPS to produce PDF files cups-pstoraster-8.15 Postscript interpreter for CUPS printing to non-PS printers cups-samba-5.0.r3 The Common UNIX Printing System: MS Windows client drivers libgnomecups-0.2.2_1,1 Support library for gnome cups admistration $ pkg_info | grep gimp gimp-2.2.10_1,1 A GNU Image Manipulation Program gimp-print-4.2.7_2 GIMP Print Printer Driver When installing Cups, I remember seeing some instructions relating to being able to print from GIMP... ah yes, /usr/ports/print/cups-base/pkg-message: [] ** PLEASE NOTE: To enable printing under Gimp do the following: 1) Uncomment application/octet-stream line in mime.types 2) Uncomment application/octet-stream line in mime.convs 3) Restart cupsd [] I don't particularly remember doing this... if everything in your system matches this, let me know what other info you want and I'm happy to share it. good luck, Beto ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to print photos
I didn't catch the complete thread, but perhaps I can help a little bit. On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, M. Warner Losh wrote: : : Thanks for the tips. I have these ports installed, but am : : tripping over something stupidly basic: what converts the : : pict0001.jpg into something that can be fed to the hpijs driver : : that will print? : : : : Warner : Are you using cups? Or something else? If you have your printer working : under cups, then I would think that gimp would print to it. I have cups running. I'd have thought that too, so I'm doing something insanely stupid. I can print to my other HP printer, but it understands .ps natively. If the answer to printing from gimp is 'just print a .ps' then I'm happy. Once you have setup cups correctly you can simply type # lpr your_image.jpg and it will be printed out. I can print test pages with the CUPS interface w/o a problem. I'll try directly printing a simple color PS document next. I just realized that I haven't tried to do that yet. There might be a very simple reason for your problems: Cups' lpr program lives in /usr/local/bin/lpr and thus will be shadowed by FreeBSD's native /usr/bin/lpr . Try something like # /usr/local/bin/lpr your_image.jpg If that works we will have to set some links and everything will be fine. Regards, Uli. * * Peter Ulrich Kruppa - Wuppertal - Germany * * ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Best way to print photos
Let us suppose that I have a HP DeskJet 5850 that I can talk to via CUPS. I can print test pages w/o any problem. What are my options to print photos and what kind of quality can I expect relative to Windows? Warner ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
