svn commit: r480950 - in head: . archivers archivers/freeze print print/apsfilter print/hpijs

[Guido Falsi]

On 9/30/18 4:53 PM, Cy Schubert wrote:
> In message <20180930142448.GA83081 at FreeBSD.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev 
> writes:
>> On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 04:07:25PM +0200, Guido Falsi wrote:
>>> ...
>>> I'm using lpr/lpd at home for printing, and sharing a single printer.
>>> lpd is useful with windows machines too, since they can natively talk to
>>> an lpd server. So avoiding samba which is overly complicated for simple
>>> setups.
>>
>> Can you share your configs or add missing bits to the Handbook chapter[*]?
>> I remember I've tried to follow it while sharing an HP printer which lacks
>> post-XP drivers for Windows 7 users but got stumbled with somewhere. :-(
> 
> I'm specifically concerned about a Canon IP90 and IP100. IIRC apsfilter 
> converted text to postscript using enscript. If anyone has any scripts 
> or filters, I'd appreciate it.
> 
> I have an HP 5900 downstairs, (out of ink, not used in years), so this 
> may be handy too if or when I get ink for it.
> 
> 

I have a filter script in my printcap which uses print/a2ps. My printer
understands postscipt though, anyway you can simply pipe a2ps output to
ghostscript before sending it to the printer.


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Guido Falsi <mad at madpilot.net>