[wplug-bsd] FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE Printer Issues

[Benjamin Slavin]

Bill Moran wrote:

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> This may not be a lot of help, but "make deinstall" should work.

Make deinstall worked for the port, but not the source. The locations 
and files were slightly different, so using make deinstall from the port 
didn't get everything, and the official CUPS distribution has no target 
in the makefile for getting rid of it.

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> It doesn't sound like LPR/LPRng is the point of issue (since they both
> act the same)  And as an FYI, it's not the place to look for those type
> of printing problems anyway.  LPR/LPD (and the equivalents in LPRng) do
> not process the data on its way out, they only manage the queue and
> the communication.  I suppose it's possible that it's a communication
> problem, but unlikely.
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> I would first look into problems with the postscript processing.  I
> believe postscript has several versions, and you may be sending the
> printer a postscript file that it's not compatible with.  First off,
> is that printer postscript capable at all?  You might have good success
> using software such as apsfilter or magicfilter to automagically
> convert your print jobs to the required data format.

The DeskJet is not PostScript compatible, but foomatic-rip, a2ps, and 
the .PPD file from LinuxPrinting should allow this to be overcome. I've 
successfully used the printer under Linux and Windows on the same box, 
and would hope to not have to setup a print server.

I plan to look into apsfilter as well as magicfilter, after one final 
re-installation (I want to make sure I'm starting from a clean and 
functional system)... wish I could have made the InstallFest

   --Ben