epson r2400/2880 printers on freebsd8.2 amd64

[David Southwell]

On Monday 21 November 2011 10:17:18 Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On 2011-Nov-19 01:53:59 -0800, David Southwell <david at vizion2000.net> wrote:
> >Anyone up to date on how to do high quality printing with epson inkjet
> >printers (in my case r2400 and r2880) on freebsd8.2 amd64 systems.
> >print/pips* reports they require 386 and do not compile on amd64.
> 
> At least some of the pips distfiles include binary blobs (intended for
> Linux/i386).  One approach might be to usee a cut-down i386 jail.

Thank you Peter for that.
Interesting idea I will think about that one but my real preference is to get 
an amd64 version.

 I do know someone who has the skill to re-engineer the binary blobs but I 
would need to give him some idea of what he would be letting himself in for. 
Is anyone able to pinpoint where the problem(s) lie or have any idea of how 
much work would be involved to produce an amd64 version? 

Its too many years since I have done a lot of coding and I would be reluctant 
to give him an estimate based on my currently inadequate level of coding 
expertise!

If we are talking a few hours for a very experienced coder then it would be 
doable - if it is days then it would be no go!

david