Using dotmatrix printer with (or without) CUPS for graphics printing

Andrew Gould andrewlylegould at gmail.com
Tue Feb 24 18:04:21 UTC 2015


On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 9:05 AM, Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:31:30 -0600, Andrew Gould wrote:
> > Are PPD files cross-platform?  If so, you could try adding the PPD file
> > manually during printer configuration.  The related openprinting page for
> > your printer is here:
> >
> > http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Epson/Epson-LQ-570plus
>
> Many thanks! This actually is the _first_ time something related
> to CUPS works on the first try as expected! :-)
>
> I had to "guess" the device URI. For further reference, the following
> settings resulted in success:
>
> Driver:         Epson LQ-570+ Foomatic/epson (recommended)
>                 (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
> Connection:     parallel:/dev/lpt0
> Defaults:       job-sheets=none, none media=iso_a4_210x297mm
> sides=one-sided
>
> I haven't tried printing from Gimp, because that forces me to
> configure a _new_ printer, and the "Epson" category doesn't
> list old dotmatrix printers anymore. So printing to a file
> (PS) and then printing them via "lpr -PEpson_LQ_570+ file.ps"
> works perfectly; printing also works from xpdf or gv, so all
> I need is there.
>
> Again, thanks for your advice!
>
>
>
>
> --
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
>

I'm glad it worked!  I was guessing because I've seen the option in my own,
past failures.  I had to configure my networked, postscript, laser printer
using apsfilter.  :-)

Andrew


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