Deep in printer hell.

Kevin Kinsey kdk at daleco.biz
Wed Sep 14 07:31:56 PDT 2005


WOB wrote:

>
> When JFK said, "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the
> other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..", I
> always wondered what exactly "the other things" were.  Apparently, one
> of them is printer configuration under FreeBSD.
>
> If I am using a HP Deskjet 940 connected via parallel cable,  is there
> not some simple way of configuring this printer?
>
> Is it really necessary to follow all the steps in the handbook - just to
> print?  The "Basic Setup" instructions are 15 pages printed.  Assuming
> you can print them.
>
> I got this printer working 6 months ago under FreeBSD, and apparently
> my many notes on it are too many.  Now I'm starting from scratch, to
> redocument it, and it just seems like there should be a simpler way.
> I'm using 5.4, Fluxbox, Abiword, and Firefox - that's it.
>
> Eventually I will figure it out again, I just wanted to know if there
> was some simple script I could run, or "preferred short-cut" for
> setting up desktop printer.  I realize the handbook is written to
> be precise and server-centric, but I just want to print Yahoo
> driving directions, and other such things.
>
> thanks



Andreas Klemm is your messiah!  He has conquered printer hell!

see /usr/ports/print/apsfilter  (and www.apsfilter.org).

HTH,

Kevin Kinsey


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