[wplug-bsd] FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE Printer Issues

[Benjamin Slavin]

The command issued by apsfilter during setup for a test page is:

apsfilter tries something to that affect, but I gave it a shot to be 
sure. Unfortunately, I was not successful.

The results were almost identical, but it was able to print more on the 
page (perhaps because it was text). I almost wonder if it reaches a 
certain amount of input data, then gives up... especially since it is 
consistent in where it cuts-off.

Even using the sample "hpif" filter that comes with the hpijs driver 
(very similar to the gs command from apsfilter), it produces the error 
(though ASCII text prints properly).

   --Ben

Poyner, Brandon wrote:

>Have you tried sending the postscript output through a filter and
>directly to the ulpt device?  You'll need both a2ps and ghostscript
>installed to try this example.
>
>	$ a2ps -o /var/tmp/test.ps < /etc/rc.conf
>	$ cat /var/tmp/test.ps | gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=hpdj
>-sOutputFile=- > /dev/ulpt0
>
>You'd have to change "hpdj" to the appropriate filter for your printer.
>Run 'gs -h' to get a list of filters.
>
>Brandon Poyner
>Network Engineer II
>CCAC - College Office
>412-237-3086
>
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