Epson Stylus C86 Printer
Lowell Gilbert
freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org
Mon May 16 14:49:33 PDT 2005
Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays at rogers.com> writes:
> I have just bought one of these printers, and am having trouble getting
> it to work with ghostscript. It is connected via a USB port, and it
> responds momentarily when I send anything directly to /dev/ulpt0.
>
> I would appreciate the correct parameters for ghostscript - I think it
> should work with device ijs and 'server' ijsgimpprint, which has been
> installed in /usr/local/bin.
>
> Some of the instructions recommend CUPS and FooMatic, and seem much more
> complicated than I ought to need for a local installation.
>
> I tested the printer with Windows, and it does work.
You haven't mentioned what kind of problems you're having.
Personally, I use apsfilter, which I find makes life very easy...
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