Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-09-08 Thread Stuart Longland
On 14/7/19 4:09 pm, Jonathan Drews wrote: > "Unlike PCL, PostScript is device independent. This means that the > PostScript language creates all of the print data and does not rely > on the printer for print data. This allow the output to be > consistent when printed on more than one type of

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-09-06 Thread Jonathan Drews
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 11:18:16AM -0700, BSD user wrote: > > > On 7/16/19 11:03 AM, Jonathan Drews wrote: > > > > *** WARNING *** > > ulpt(4) needs to be disabled in the kernel (see config(8)) or the printer > > will not be available to libusb. > > > > > > I read the manpage for config (8)

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-18 Thread Gregory Edigarov
On 18.07.19 10:57, Gregory Edigarov wrote: Just for myself  until the better solution arive I for a while have put such lines into rc.shutdown also, how about having kernel.conf file, that will be used by rc script after kernel relinking. i.e something like this in the end of /etc/rc if

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-18 Thread Gregory Edigarov
Just for myself  until the better solution arive I for a while have put such lines into rc.shutdown On 18.07.19 10:07, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2019-07-16, Robert Klein wrote: How about: config -ef /bsd < It still works, but it prevents "kernel reordering" from taking place, which is both

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-18 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2019-07-16, Robert Klein wrote: > > How about: > > config -ef /bsd < disable ulpt > quit > EOF > > > Dunno if that still works, though, I networked my printer. It still works, but it prevents "kernel reordering" from taking place, which is both a security mitigation and (for release users)

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-17 Thread Paolo Aglialoro
+1 :))) For instance, with epson C5790 (but also 5690, etc all xx90 printers) the PPD file is available: http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/du/02/DriverDownloadInfo.do?LG2=IT==69279=7ab2791f6b67457707398fa7a534e6acdf4bce44 and CUPS does the job! On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 2:32 PM Stuart Henderson

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-16 Thread Robert Klein
On Tue, 16 Jul 2019 20:03:14 +0200, Jonathan Drews wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 10:36:03AM -0700, BSD user wrote: > > > > > > On 7/16/19 4:13 AM, Jonathan Drews wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 08:06:20AM +, Roderick wrote: > > > > > > At this point, I am going to look for

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-16 Thread BSD user
On 7/16/19 11:03 AM, Jonathan Drews wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 10:36:03AM -0700, BSD user wrote: On 7/16/19 4:13 AM, Jonathan Drews wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 08:06:20AM +, Roderick wrote: At this point, I am going to look for another printer that is more OpenBSD friendly. My

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-16 Thread Jonathan Drews
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 10:36:03AM -0700, BSD user wrote: > > > On 7/16/19 4:13 AM, Jonathan Drews wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 08:06:20AM +, Roderick wrote: > > > > At this point, I am going to look for another printer that is more > > OpenBSD friendly. My Desjet 6940 is pretty old

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-16 Thread BSD user
On 7/16/19 4:13 AM, Jonathan Drews wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 08:06:20AM +, Roderick wrote: At this point, I am going to look for another printer that is more OpenBSD friendly. My Desjet 6940 is pretty old and the cartridges cost a lot (> USD $120.00) Kind regards, Jonathan I may

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-16 Thread gjones5555
This may help: https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/ports/print/cups-filters/pkg/README?rev=1.10 On 7/16/19 7:13 AM, Jonathan Drews wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 08:06:20AM +, Roderick wrote: On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, Jonathan Drews wrote: These are the notes I made for printing on my old OpenBSD

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-16 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2019-07-16, Jonathan Drews wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 08:06:20AM +, Roderick wrote: >> >> On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, Jonathan Drews wrote: >> >> > These are the notes I made for printing on my old OpenBSD computer: [...] >> >> It seems too complicated. In principle only the a field "if"

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-16 Thread Jonathan Drews
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 08:06:20AM +, Roderick wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, Jonathan Drews wrote: > > > These are the notes I made for printing on my old OpenBSD computer: [...] > > It seems too complicated. In principle only the a field "if" to > printcap should be necessary. > > > 1)

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-16 Thread Roderick
On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, Jonathan Drews wrote: These are the notes I made for printing on my old OpenBSD computer: [...] It seems too complicated. In principle only the a field "if" to printcap should be necessary. 1) Go to http://openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi?make=HP and look for the

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-16 Thread Jonathan Drews
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 04:49:47AM +, Roderick wrote: > > > On Sun, 14 Jul 2019, Adam Thompson wrote: > > > Nearly every printer sold today (including cheap inkjets AND b > > printers) have these tracking dots. [...] > > > The absolute highest resolution graphics today are mostly printed

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-14 Thread Roderick
On Sun, 14 Jul 2019, Adam Thompson wrote: Nearly every printer sold today (including cheap inkjets AND b printers) have these tracking dots. [...] The absolute highest resolution graphics today are mostly printed using ESC/P (if Epson), PCL3 (if HP), or whatever Canon uses (if Canon).

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-14 Thread Adam Thompson
On 2019-07-14 15:40, Stuart Henderson wrote: If you don't want trackable prints, don't buy a colour laser printer of any brand, it is very common. Unsure about mono and inkjet printers, I would tend to assume that they're common on at least most hi-res colour printers. Nearly every printer

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-14 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2019-07-13, ropers wrote: > On 13/07/2019, Jonathan Drews <> wrote: >> Hi Folks: I need some recommendations on what brand of printers will >> work >> with Ghostscript (Postscript). The cartridges for my 15 year old HP >> Deskjet have gotten too expensive. I know Xerox makes some >>

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-14 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 12:09:20AM -0600, Jonathan Drews wrote: > On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 06:03:05AM +0200, Tomasz Rola wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 08:06:07AM +0200, Jonathan Drews wrote: > > > Hi Folks: I need some recommendations on what brand of printers will > > > work > > > with

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-14 Thread chohag
Jonathan Drews writes: > > I am not sure why you want to avoid CUPS. Not a terrible propsal because it is a bloated piece of crap, but on the other hand it must interface with the satanc devices we call printers so concessions must perhaps be made. > fundamentals. That begs the question as to

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-14 Thread Roderick
On Sat, 13 Jul 2019, Jonathan Drews wrote: I hope that you got it: with a postscript printer you do not need ghostscript. The printcap is easy to configure. Here is a sample printcap I came across in misc: 1) lp|xerox|Xerox_WorkCenter_3225:\ :lp=/dev/ulpt0:\

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-14 Thread Jonathan Drews
On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 06:03:05AM +0200, Tomasz Rola wrote: > On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 08:06:07AM +0200, Jonathan Drews wrote: > > Hi Folks: I need some recommendations on what brand of printers will > > work > > with Ghostscript (Postscript). The cartridges for my 15 year old HP > > Deskjet have

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-13 Thread antithesis
I'm currently travelling so can't confirm, but i'm 99% sure it's an MFC-L5700DW Jul 13, 2019, 12:22 PM by ibs...@ripsbusker.no.eu.org: > On Sat, Jul 13, 2019, at 18:52, antithe...@tuta.io wrote: > >> The model I have also supports uploading scanned documents to an FTP or >> SFTP server, which

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-13 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 08:06:07AM +0200, Jonathan Drews wrote: > Hi Folks: I need some recommendations on what brand of printers will > work > with Ghostscript (Postscript). The cartridges for my 15 year old HP > Deskjet have gotten too expensive. I know Xerox makes some > Postscript printers.

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-13 Thread Noth
On 13/07/2019 08:06, Jonathan Drews wrote: Hi Folks: I need some recommendations on what brand of printers will work with Ghostscript (Postscript). The cartridges for my 15 year old HP Deskjet have gotten too expensive. I know Xerox makes some Postscript printers. Are there any other

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-13 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
On Sat, Jul 13, 2019, at 18:52, antithe...@tuta.io wrote: > The model I have also supports uploading scanned documents to an FTP or > SFTP server, which is great, as it allows me to have a working > multifunction office printer with no drivers required. This would make scanning so much easier

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-13 Thread antithesis
I have had great success with 'Brother' brand printers. They support postscript very well. Another feature of them that I like is that I can print pdf files to them directly via lpd. Additionally, I like that they don't have any hard drive and/or permanent storage, which means that there is

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-13 Thread Jiri B
> On 2019-07-13, "Jonathan Drews" wrote: > > > Hi Folks: I need some recommendations on what brand of printers will > > work > > with Ghostscript (Postscript). The cartridges for my 15 year old HP > > Deskjet have gotten too expensive. I know Xerox makes some > > Postscript printers. Are there

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-13 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
> I am not familiar with Postsript printers. Thanks for correcting > me. I want something that will work with Ghostscript and not > depend on Printer Command Language (PCL). Just search for a printer that supports Postscript. Many laser printers do. I have an HP LaserJet M402dn. It supports

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-13 Thread Jonathan Drews
On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 03:22:16PM -, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > On 2019-07-13, "Jonathan Drews" wrote: > > > Hi Folks: I need some recommendations on what brand of printers will > > work > > with Ghostscript (Postscript). The cartridges for my 15 year old HP > > Deskjet have gotten too

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-13 Thread Roderick
On Sat, 13 Jul 2019, Jonathan Drews wrote: Hi Folks: I need some recommendations on what brand of printers will work with Ghostscript (Postscript). If you find a printer that understands postcript, then you will be perhaps happy. You will not need Ghostscript. Otherwise, you need to

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-13 Thread Christian Weisgerber
On 2019-07-13, "Jonathan Drews" wrote: > Hi Folks: I need some recommendations on what brand of printers will > work > with Ghostscript (Postscript). The cartridges for my 15 year old HP > Deskjet have gotten too expensive. I know Xerox makes some > Postscript printers. Are there any other

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-13 Thread ropers
On 13/07/2019, Jonathan Drews <> wrote: > Hi Folks: I need some recommendations on what brand of printers will > work > with Ghostscript (Postscript). The cartridges for my 15 year old HP > Deskjet have gotten too expensive. I know Xerox makes some > Postscript printers. Are there any other

Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-13 Thread Jonathan Drews
Hi Folks: I need some recommendations on what brand of printers will work with Ghostscript (Postscript). The cartridges for my 15 year old HP Deskjet have gotten too expensive. I know Xerox makes some Postscript printers. Are there any other manufactureres of Postscript printers? I am running